Property (Open Traffic Sim core classes 0.10.00 API)

Type Parameters:

T - Type of the property

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProperty, BooleanProperty, CompoundProperty, ContinuousProperty, IntegerProperty, ProbabilityDistributionProperty, SelectionProperty, StringProperty
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public interface Property<T>
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User readable and settable properties.
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BSD-style license. See OpenTrafficSim License.

Version:

$Revision$, $LastChangedDate$, by $Author$, initial version Apr 22, 2016

Author:

Alexander Verbraeck, Peter Knoppers, Wouter Schakel

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`AbstractProperty<T>`	`deepCopy()` Construct a deep copy of this property (duplicates everything except immutable fields).
`String`	`getDescription()` Return a description of the property (may use HTML markup).
`int`	`getDisplayPriority()` Display priority determines the order in which properties should be displayed.
`String`	`getShortName()` Return a short description of the property.
`T`	`getValue()` Retrieve the current value of the property.
`String`	`htmlStateDescription()` Generate a description of the state of this property in HTML (excluding the <html> at the start and the </html> at the end.
`boolean`	`isReadOnly()` Return true if the property can not be altered.
`Iterator<AbstractProperty<T>>`	`iterator()` Return an iterator.
`void`	`setValue(T newValue)` Change the value of the property.

- Method Detail
  - getValue
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T getValue()
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    Retrieve the current value of the property.
    
    Returns:
    
    T; the current value of the property
  - getShortName
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String getShortName()
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    Return a short description of the property.
    
    Returns:
    
    String; a short description of the property
  - getDescription
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String getDescription()
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    Return a description of the property (may use HTML markup).
    
    Returns:
    
    String; the description of the property
  - setValue
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void setValue(T newValue)
       throws PropertyException
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    Change the value of the property.
    
    Parameters:
    
    newValue - T; the new value for the property
    
    Throws:
    
    PropertyException - when this Property is read-only, or newValue is not valid
  - isReadOnly
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boolean isReadOnly()
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    Return true if the property can not be altered.
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean; true if this property can not be altered, false if this property can be altered
  - getDisplayPriority
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int getDisplayPriority()
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    Display priority determines the order in which properties should be displayed. Properties with lower values should be displayed above or before those with higher values.
    
    Returns:
    
    int; the display priority of this AbstractProperty
  - htmlStateDescription
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String htmlStateDescription()
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    Generate a description of the state of this property in HTML (excluding the <html> at the start and the </html> at the end. The result can be embedded in a html-table.
    
    Returns:
    
    String; the description of this property and the current state in HTML
  - deepCopy
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AbstractProperty<T> deepCopy()
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    Construct a deep copy of this property (duplicates everything except immutable fields).
    
    Returns:
    
    AbstractProperty<T>; a deep copy of this AbstractProperty
  - iterator
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Iterator<AbstractProperty<T>> iterator()
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    Return an iterator.
    
    Returns:
    
    Iterator<AbstractProperty>; iterator that will visit this property (if this is not compound), or all sub-properties (if this is compound)

Interface Property<T>

Method Summary

Method Detail

getValue

getShortName

getDescription

setValue

isReadOnly

getDisplayPriority

htmlStateDescription

deepCopy

iterator