org.modeshape.jcr.value
Interface PropertyFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicPropertyFactory

@ThreadSafe
public interface PropertyFactory

A factory for creating Property objects.

Method Summary

Property	create(Name name) Create an empty multi-valued property with the supplied name.
Property	create(Name name, Iterable<?> values) Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values
Property	create(Name name, Iterator<?> values) Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values
Property	create(Name name, Object value) Create a single-valued property with the supplied name and values
Property	create(Name name, Object[] values) Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values
Property	create(Name name, Path value) Create a single-valued property with the supplied name and Path value.
Property	create(Name name, PropertyType desiredType, Iterable<?> values) Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values
Property	create(Name name, PropertyType desiredType, Iterator<?> values) Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values
Property	create(Name name, PropertyType desiredType, Object firstValue) Create a single-valued property with the supplied name and values
Property	create(Name name, PropertyType desiredType, Object[] values) Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values

Method Detail

create

Property create(Name name)

Create an empty multi-valued property with the supplied name.

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                Object value)

Create a single-valued property with the supplied name and values

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

value - the value

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                Object[] values)

Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

values - the values

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                Iterable<?> values)

Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

values - the values

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                Iterator<?> values)

Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

values - the values

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                PropertyType desiredType,
                Object firstValue)

Create a single-valued property with the supplied name and values

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

desiredType - the type that the objects should be converted to; if null, they will be used as is

firstValue - the first value; may not be null

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                PropertyType desiredType,
                Object[] values)

Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

desiredType - the type that the objects should be converted to; if null, they will be used as is

values - the values; may not be null but may be empty

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                PropertyType desiredType,
                Iterable<?> values)

Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

desiredType - the type that the objects should be converted to; if null, they will be used as is

values - the values

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                PropertyType desiredType,
                Iterator<?> values)

Create a multi-valued property with the supplied name and values

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

desiredType - the type that the objects should be converted to; if null, they will be used as is

values - the values

Returns:

the resulting property

create

Property create(Name name,
                Path value)

Create a single-valued property with the supplied name and Path value. This method is provided because Path implements Iterable<Segment>.

Parameters:

name - the property name; may not be null

value - the path value

Returns:

the resulting property