net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.builders

Interface PropertyDescriptorExternalBuilder<E>

Type Parameters:

E - The type of values.

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.MultiValue, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.MultiValue.Numeric, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.MultiValue.Packaged, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.SingleValue, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.SingleValue.Numeric, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.SingleValue.Packaged

public interface PropertyDescriptorExternalBuilder<E>

Builds properties from a map of key value pairs, eg extracted from an XML element.

Since:

6.0.0

Author:

Clément Fournier

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PropertyDescriptor<E>	build(java.util.Map<PropertyDescriptorField,java.lang.String> fields) Builds a descriptor.
boolean	isMultiValue() Whether this descriptor is multi-valued.
java.lang.Class<?>	valueType() Type of the values of the descriptor, or component type if this descriptor is multi-valued.

Method Detail

isMultiValue

boolean isMultiValue()

Whether this descriptor is multi-valued.

Returns:

True if this descriptor is multi-valued

valueType

java.lang.Class<?> valueType()

Type of the values of the descriptor, or component type if this descriptor is multi-valued.

Returns:

Type of the values

build

PropertyDescriptor<E> build(java.util.Map<PropertyDescriptorField,java.lang.String> fields)

Builds a descriptor. The descriptor returned is tagged as built externally.

Parameters:

fields - Key value pairs

Returns:

A builder