org.drools.definition.type
Interface FactField

All Superinterfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable

public interface FactField
extends Externalizable

A field from a declared fact type

Method Summary

Object	get(Object bean) Returns the value of this field in the given fact.
int	getIndex()
String	getName() Returns the name of this field.
Class<?>	getType() Returns the type of this field.
boolean	isKey() Returns true if this field is a key field.
void	set(Object bean, Object value) Sets the value of this field in the given fact.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable

readExternal, writeExternal

Method Detail

getType

Class<?> getType()

Returns the type of this field.

Returns:

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of this field.

Returns:

isKey

boolean isKey()

Returns true if this field is a key field. A key field is included in hashcode() calculation and on the equals() method evaluation. Non-key fields are not checked in this methods.

Returns:

set

void set(Object bean,
         Object value)

Sets the value of this field in the given fact.

Parameters:

bean - fact on which to set the field.

value - the value to set on the field.

get

Object get(Object bean)

Returns the value of this field in the given fact.

Parameters:

bean - the fact from which the field will be read.

Returns:

the value of the field on the given fact.

getIndex

int getIndex()