com.ibm.portal.propertybroker.property
Class PropertyValueChangeType

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.portal.propertybroker.property.PropertyValueChangeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class PropertyValueChangeType
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Typesafe enum pattern storing the possible reasons why a property value change was generated - e.g. the value was created, deleted, updated, queried, or the reason for change may be unspecified. May be passed to methods for creating PropertyValue objects.

Since:

5.1.0.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static PropertyValueChangeType	CREATED The property value change is being propagated as the value was newly created
static PropertyValueChangeType	DELETED The property value change is being propagated as the value was deleted
static PropertyValueChangeType	QUERIED The property value change is being propagated as the value was obtained in a query
static PropertyValueChangeType	UNSPECIFIED The property value change is being propagated but the reason for change is unspecified
static PropertyValueChangeType	UPDATED The property value change is being propagated as the value was updated

Constructor Summary

protected

PropertyValueChangeType(java.lang.String changeType) Constructor that can only be used by this class or subclasses

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object that) Marked final to ensure that subclasses do not change this method
int	hashCode() Marked final to ensure that subclasses do not change this method
java.lang.String	toString() Override default
static boolean	validateChangeType(PropertyValueChangeType changeType) A utility method which checks that the input parameter is one of the predefined constants defined in this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CREATED

public static final PropertyValueChangeType CREATED

The property value change is being propagated as the value was newly created

UPDATED

public static final PropertyValueChangeType UPDATED

The property value change is being propagated as the value was updated

DELETED

public static final PropertyValueChangeType DELETED

The property value change is being propagated as the value was deleted

QUERIED

public static final PropertyValueChangeType QUERIED

The property value change is being propagated as the value was obtained in a query

UNSPECIFIED

public static final PropertyValueChangeType UNSPECIFIED

The property value change is being propagated but the reason for change is unspecified

Constructor Detail

PropertyValueChangeType

protected PropertyValueChangeType(java.lang.String changeType)

Constructor that can only be used by this class or subclasses

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Override default

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object that)

Marked final to ensure that subclasses do not change this method

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Marked final to ensure that subclasses do not change this method

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

validateChangeType

public static boolean validateChangeType(PropertyValueChangeType changeType)

A utility method which checks that the input parameter is one of the predefined constants defined in this class.

Parameters:

changeType - the change type

Returns:

true if the input parameter is one of the change type values defined in this class