org.jboss.dna.graph.request
Class SetPropertyRequest

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.dna.graph.request.Request
      org.jboss.dna.graph.request.SetPropertyRequest

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ChangeRequest

public class SetPropertyRequest
extends Request
implements ChangeRequest

Instruction to set a particular property on the node at the specified location. This request never removes the node, even if the property is empty.

Author:

Randall Hauch

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

SetPropertyRequest(Location on, String workspaceName, Property property)
Create a request to set the property on the node at the supplied location.

Method Summary

Location	changedLocation() Get the location of the top-most node that is to be changed by this request.
boolean	changes(String workspace, Path path) Determine if this request changes the branch at the given path.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Location	getActualLocationOfNode() Get the actual location of the node that was updated.
String	inWorkspace() Get the name of the workspace in which the node exists.
boolean	isReadOnly() Return whether this request only reads information.
Location	on() Get the location defining the node that is to be updated.
Property	property() Get the property that is being set.
void	setActualLocationOfNode(Location actual) Sets the actual and complete location of the node being updated.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.jboss.dna.graph.request.Request

cancel, getError, hasError, isCancelled, setError

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SetPropertyRequest

public SetPropertyRequest(Location on,
                          String workspaceName,
                          Property property)

Create a request to set the property on the node at the supplied location.

Parameters:

on - the location of the node to be read

workspaceName - the name of the workspace containing the node

property - the new property on the node

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the location, workspace name, or property is null

Method Detail

isReadOnly

public boolean isReadOnly()

Return whether this request only reads information.

Specified by:

isReadOnly in class Request

Returns:

true if this request reads information, or false if it requests that the repository content be changed in some way

See Also:

Request.isReadOnly()

on

public Location on()

Get the location defining the node that is to be updated.

Returns:

the location of the node; never null

inWorkspace

public String inWorkspace()

Get the name of the workspace in which the node exists.

Returns:

the name of the workspace; never null

property

public Property property()

Get the property that is being set.

Returns:

the new property; never null

setActualLocationOfNode

public void setActualLocationOfNode(Location actual)

Sets the actual and complete location of the node being updated. This method must be called when processing the request, and the actual location must have a path.

Parameters:

actual - the actual location of the node being updated, or null if the current location should be used

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the actual location does represent the same location as the current location, or if the actual location does not have a path.

getActualLocationOfNode

public Location getActualLocationOfNode()

Get the actual location of the node that was updated.

Returns:

the actual location, or null if the actual location was not set

changes

public boolean changes(String workspace,
                       Path path)

Determine if this request changes the branch at the given path.

Specified by:

changes in interface ChangeRequest

Parameters:

workspace - the name of the workspace; may not be null

path - the path; may not be null

Returns:

true if this request changes a node under the given path

See Also:

ChangeRequest.changes(java.lang.String, org.jboss.dna.graph.property.Path)

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

changedLocation

public Location changedLocation()

Get the location of the top-most node that is to be changed by this request.

Specified by:

changedLocation in interface ChangeRequest

Returns:

the location changed by this request

See Also:

ChangeRequest.changedLocation()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()