org.apache.jackrabbit.spi

Interface PropertyInfo

All Superinterfaces:

ItemInfo

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyInfoImpl

public interface PropertyInfo
extends ItemInfo

The PropertyInfo provides the basic information to build a Property. The definition must be calculated from the parent node type or retrieved from the RepositoryService.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PropertyId	getId()
int	getType()
QValue[]	getValues()
boolean	isMultiValued()

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.jackrabbit.spi.ItemInfo

denotesNode, getPath

Method Detail

getId

PropertyId getId()

Specified by:

getId in interface ItemInfo

Returns:

identifier for the item that is based on this info object. the id can either be an absolute path or a uniqueID (+ relative path).

See Also:

RepositoryService.getNodeInfo(SessionInfo, NodeId)

getType

int getType()

Returns:

The type of the Property base on this PropertyInfo. Note, that javax.jcr.PropertyType#UNDEFINED will never be returned as the value of a Property always has a defined type.

See Also:

javax.jcr.PropertyType

isMultiValued

boolean isMultiValued()

Returns:

true if the Property based on this info object is multivalue.

See Also:

javax.jcr.nodetype.PropertyDefinition#isMultiple()

getValues

QValue[] getValues()

Returns:

The values present on this PropertyInfo.