com.webobjects.directtoweb
Class EntityAssignment

java.lang.Object
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        +--com.webobjects.directtoweb.EntityAssignment

All Implemented Interfaces:

EOKeyValueArchiving, Serializable

public class EntityAssignment

extends Assignment

The EntityAssignment class performs assignment of a key to an object that represents an entity.

See Also:

EOEntity, Serialized Form

Inner classes inherited from class com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving

EOKeyValueArchiving.Awaking, EOKeyValueArchiving.FinishInitialization, EOKeyValueArchiving.Support

Fields inherited from class com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment

KeyPathKey, ValueKey

Constructor Summary

EntityAssignment(EOKeyValueUnarchiver unarchiver)
Creates an instance of EntityAssignment based on an EOKeyValueUnarchiver.

EntityAssignment(String keyPath, Object value)
Creates an instance of EntityAssignment with the specified key path and value.

Method Summary

static Object	decodeWithKeyValueUnarchiver(EOKeyValueUnarchiver unarchiver) This method is intentionally undocumented.
Object	fire(D2WContext context) Gets the entity, in the default model group, specified by the value method.

Methods inherited from class com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment

encodeWithKeyValueArchiver, keyPath, toString, value, value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EntityAssignment

public EntityAssignment(String keyPath,
                        Object value)

Creates an instance of EntityAssignment with the specified key path and value.

The current implementation uses a string to represent the name of an entity in the default model group.

The implementation is subject to change in future releases.

Parameters:

keyPath - the key path

value - instance of String

See Also:

Assignment.Assignment(String, Object), EOEntity, EOModelGroup

EntityAssignment

public EntityAssignment(EOKeyValueUnarchiver unarchiver)

Creates an instance of EntityAssignment based on an EOKeyValueUnarchiver.

This is used to read the assignment information from a rule file.

Parameters:

unarchiver - the unarchiver

See Also:

EntityAssignment(String, Object), Assignment.Assignment(EOKeyValueUnarchiver)

Method Detail

decodeWithKeyValueUnarchiver

public static Object decodeWithKeyValueUnarchiver(EOKeyValueUnarchiver unarchiver)

Description copied from class: Assignment

This method is intentionally undocumented. You should never have to invoke or customize it.

fire

public Object fire(D2WContext context)

Gets the entity, in the default model group, specified by the value method.

Overrides:

fire in class Assignment

Parameters:

context - instance of D2WContext

Returns:

instance of EOEntity

See Also:

Assignment.fire(D2WContext context), EOEntity, EOModelGroup