Package pulse.util

Class Group

java.lang.Object

pulse.util.UpwardsNavigable

pulse.util.Group

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Descriptive

Direct Known Subclasses:

Accessible, Log

public class Group
extends UpwardsNavigable

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Group()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Group	access(String simpleName)	Searches for a specific Accessible with a simpleName.
List<Group>	children()	Selects only those Accessibles, the parent of which is this.
static Set<Group>	contents(Group root)	Recursively analyses all Group objects that are identified as subgroups to root (explicitly checks that subgroups exclude parents of root) and chooses those for which an Exporter exists.
String	getDescriptor()	The same as getSimpleName in this implementation.
String	getSimpleName()	This will generate a simple name for identifying this Accessible.
List<Group>	subgroups()	Tries to access getter methods to retrieve all Accessible instances belonging to this object.

Methods inherited from class pulse.util.UpwardsNavigable

addHierarchyListener, describe, getHierarchyListeners, getParent, identify, initListeners, removeHierarchyListener, removeHierarchyListeners, setParent, specificAncestor, tellParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Group

public Group()

Method Detail

subgroups

public List<Group> subgroups()

Tries to access getter methods to retrieve all Accessible instances belonging to this object. Ignores any methods that return instances of the same class as this one.

Returns:

a List containing Accessible objects which could be accessed by the declared getter methods.

contents

public static Set<Group> contents(Group root)

Recursively analyses all Group objects that are identified as subgroups to root (explicitly checks that subgroups exclude parents of root) and chooses those for which an Exporter exists.

Parameters:

root - the root group.

Returns:

a set of unique Groups objects.

access

public Group access(String simpleName)

Searches for a specific Accessible with a simpleName.

Parameters:

simpleName - the name of the Accessible,

Returns:

the Accessible object.

See Also:

subgroups()

children

public List<Group> children()

Selects only those Accessibles, the parent of which is this. Note that all Accessibles are required to explicitly adopt children by calling the setParent() method.

Returns:

a List of children that this Accessible has adopted.

See Also:

subgroups()

getDescriptor

public String getDescriptor()

The same as getSimpleName in this implementation.

Returns:

the simple name of the declaring class.

See Also:

getSimpleName()

getSimpleName

public String getSimpleName()

This will generate a simple name for identifying this Accessible.

Returns:

the simple name of the declaring class.