de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.properties
Class PropertyName

java.lang.Object
  de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.ConstantObject<PropertyName>
      de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.properties.PropertyName

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<PropertyName>

public final class PropertyName
extends ConstantObject<PropertyName>

todo: remove old property names? PropertyName for lookup in property file for class definitions.

Author:

Arthur Zimek

Field Summary

private static long	serialVersionUID Serial version UID
private Class<?>	type The type related to the property.

Constructor Summary

private

PropertyName(String name, Class<?> type) Provides a new PropertyName of given name and type.

Method Summary

Class<?>	classForName(String classname) Returns a class for the given name.
static PropertyName	getOrCreatePropertyName(Class<?> type) Gets the PropertyName for the given class named as the classes name if it exists, creates and returns it otherwise.
static PropertyName	getPropertyName(String name) Returns the PropertyName for the given name if it exists, null otherwise.
Class<?>	getType() Returns the type of the PropertyName.

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.ConstantObject

compareTo, equals, getName, hashCode, lookup, readResolve

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

Serial version UID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

type

private Class<?> type

The type related to the property.

Constructor Detail

PropertyName

private PropertyName(String name,
                     Class<?> type)

Provides a new PropertyName of given name and type.

All PropertyNames are unique w.r.t. their name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the PropertyName

type - the type of the PropertyName

Method Detail

classForName

public Class<?> classForName(String classname)
                      throws ClassNotFoundException

Returns a class for the given name. If the name is not found, as package the default package defined by this PropertyName is tried. If this fails, the method throws a ClassNotFoundException.

Parameters:

classname - name of the class to return

Returns:

a class for the given name

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class for the given name is found neither on its own nor trying the default package as prefix

getType

public Class<?> getType()

Returns the type of the PropertyName.

Returns:

the type of the PropertyName

getOrCreatePropertyName

public static PropertyName getOrCreatePropertyName(Class<?> type)

Gets the PropertyName for the given class named as the classes name if it exists, creates and returns it otherwise.

Parameters:

type - a class as type and the class' name as name

Returns:

the PropertyName for the given class named as the classes name

getPropertyName

public static PropertyName getPropertyName(String name)

Returns the PropertyName for the given name if it exists, null otherwise.

Parameters:

name - name of the desired PropertyName

Returns:

the PropertyName for the given name