Interface IElementPropertyDefn
- All Superinterfaces:
org.eclipse.birt.report.model.metadata.IContainerDefn
,IPropertyDefn
- All Known Implementing Classes:
org.eclipse.birt.report.model.metadata.ElementPropertyDefn
,UserPropertyDefn
Interface of the Meta-data information for an element property or an
extension model property. Includes the type, possible choices, display name,
etc derived from the
IPropertyDefn
. It also includes the group name,
method information, is visible to the GUI users and can be inherited, etc.-
Field Summary
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.metadata.IPropertyDefn
COMMERCIAL_PROPERTY, EXTENSION_MODEL_PROPERTY, EXTENSION_PROPERTY, ODA_PROPERTY, SYSTEM_PROPERTY, USER_PROPERTY
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionboolean
Indicates if derived elements can inherit the value of this property.Returns the group name (if any) for the property.Returns the message ID for the group name.Returns the method information of this property.boolean
Checks whether the property value can be edited by the user in the property sheet.boolean
Deprecated.boolean
Indicates whether the property is associated with a style or not.boolean
Deprecated.by the methodIElementDefn.isPropertyVisible(String)
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.birt.report.model.metadata.IContainerDefn
canContain, canContain, getAllowedElements, getAllowedElements, getDisplayName, getName, getNameConfig
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.metadata.IPropertyDefn
allowExpression, getAllowedChoices, getAllowedUnits, getChoices, getContext, getDefault, getDisplayNameID, getStructDefn, getTargetElementType, getTypeCode, getValueType, hasChoices, isEncryptable, isList
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Method Details
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getGroupName
String getGroupName()Returns the group name (if any) for the property.- Returns:
- The (localized) group name, or null if the property is not in a group.
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getGroupNameKey
String getGroupNameKey()Returns the message ID for the group name.- Returns:
- The group name message ID.
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canInherit
boolean canInherit()Indicates if derived elements can inherit the value of this property. Most properties can inherit values from a parent element. A few system properties, such as the name or extends, can't be inherited.Note: This attribute is used for both style property and non-style property with two different meanings.
- For style property, it determines whether this property can be cascaded from container;
- For non-style property, that means whether this property can be inherited from parent.
can inherit can cascade Style property false
isInheritable
Non-style property isInheritable
false
- Returns:
- Whether the property can inherit the parent's value.
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isStyleProperty
boolean isStyleProperty()Indicates whether the property is associated with a style or not. If this property is defined on a style, then isStyleProperty says whether the property can be "associated" with elements that have a style. If so, then each element with a style will include the style property as though that property were defined on the element itself. The meta-data for the style property is copied onto the meta-data for the element. In this case, the copy will also return true from isStyleProperty( ), indicating that the element obtained the property implicitly from the style element.- Returns:
- Whether the property is defined on a style for the purpose of being used by elements.
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isVisible
Deprecated.by the methodIElementDefn.isPropertyVisible(String)
Checks whether the property is visible to the property sheet.- Returns:
true
if the property value is visible,false
otherwise.
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isReadOnly
Deprecated.by the methodIElementDefn.isPropertyReadOnly(String)
Checks whether the property value is read-only in the property sheet.- Returns:
true
if the property value is read-only,false
otherwise.
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getMethodInfo
IMethodInfo getMethodInfo()Returns the method information of this property.- Returns:
- the method information of this property. Return null, if this property is not a method property.
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isEditable
boolean isEditable()Checks whether the property value can be edited by the user in the property sheet.- Returns:
true
if the property value is read-only,false
otherwise.
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IElementDefn.isPropertyReadOnly(String)