com.baan.b3.boi1.metadata
Interface IObjectMetadata

All Known Subinterfaces:

IBusinessObjectMetadata, IIteratorMetadata, IPrimalObjectMetadata

public interface IObjectMetadata

Describes an object type.
This is the interface which all boi1 object types have in common.

Version:

Build Nr 61, file version \\main\\4, 15:09:05 24-07-2006 UTC

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getDescription() Gets a description of this object type.
java.lang.String	getTypeName() Retrieves the java type that this boi1 object type maps to.
boolean	isReadOnly() Gets the read only flag of this object type.

Method Detail

getTypeName

public java.lang.String getTypeName()

Retrieves the java type that this boi1 object type maps to.
This can be a primitive type (int, float, boolean etc...) or it can be a basic java object type (java.lang.String, java.util.Date) or it can be a generated type (a subclass of BusinessObject).
Threading policy: MTSafe.

Returns:

the fully qualified name of the corresponding java type.

getDescription

public java.lang.String[] getDescription()

Gets a description of this object type.
The description can be multiple lines long.
Threading policy: MTSafe.

Returns:

a multiline string. The array can have length 0.

isReadOnly

public boolean isReadOnly()

Gets the read only flag of this object type.
Object types can be read only. This means that it will not be possible to add, change or remove such objects.
Threading policy: MTSafe.

Returns:

the read only flag of this object type.