uk.ac.ed.epcc.safe.accounting.properties

Interface PropertyTargetFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

AllocationManager<K,T>, ChargedAllocationManager<K,T>, ExpressionTargetFactory<T>, ExpressionTargetGenerator<T>, FilterSelector<T>, PlugInOwner, PropertyTargetGenerator<UR>, UsageProducer<UR>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPlugInOwner, AccountingClassificationFactory, AccountingLinkManager, AggregateUsageRecordFactory, AllocationFactory, CertificatePersonFactory, ChargedAllocationFactory, ConfigPlugInOwner, ConfigUsageManager, ConfigUsageRecordFactory, DailyAggregateUsageRecordFactory, DataObjectPropertyFactory, DefaultDataObjectPropertyFactory, DefaultUsageProducer, HourlyAggregateUsageRecordFactory, ParseAccountingClassificationFactory, ParseUsageRecordFactory, PasswordPersonFactory, PersonFactory, PropertyTargetClassificationFactory, PropertyTargetHistoryFactory, PropertyTargetLinkHistoryFactory, SequenceAllocationFactory, UsageManager, UsageRecordFactory, UsageRecordUsageManager

public interface PropertyTargetFactory

Factory for objects that support PropertyTags.

Author:

spb

See Also:

PropertyTarget

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PropertyFinder	getFinder() Produce a PropertyFinder that can find any of the PropertyTags that can be specified for the objects generated by this type.
<P> boolean	hasProperty(PropertyTag<P> tag) Check if the specified property is defined.

Method Detail

getFinder

PropertyFinder getFinder()

Produce a PropertyFinder that can find any of the PropertyTags that can be specified for the objects generated by this type. The PropertyFinder may also contain additional PropertyTags as well.

Returns:

PropertyFinder

hasProperty

<P> boolean hasProperty(PropertyTag<P> tag)

Check if the specified property is defined. All properties that return true MUST be in the set returned by the getFinder call but this test can be more stringent and can omit a property if none of the produced objects can generate the specified property.

Type Parameters:

P -

Parameters:

tag -

Returns:

boolean