org.jahia.services.content

Interface JCRValueWrapper

All Superinterfaces:

javax.jcr.Value

All Known Implementing Classes:

JCRValueWrapperImpl

public interface JCRValueWrapper
extends javax.jcr.Value

This is a wrapper for interface Value to allow more types of properties.

Since:

6.1

Author:

Cedric Mailleux

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CategoryBean	getCategory() Returns a CategoryBean instance referred by this value.
javax.jcr.nodetype.PropertyDefinition	getDefinition() Returns the property definition for this value.
JCRNodeWrapper	getNode() Returns a JCRNodeWrapper instance referred by this value.
Date	getTime() Returns a Date representation of the Calendar's time of this value.

Methods inherited from interface javax.jcr.Value

getBinary, getBoolean, getDate, getDecimal, getDouble, getLong, getStream, getString, getType

Method Detail

getCategory

CategoryBean getCategory()
                  throws javax.jcr.ValueFormatException,
                         javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a CategoryBean instance referred by this value. If the value does not match a valid category either ValueFormatException or ItemNotFoundException is thrown.

Returns:

A CategoryBean referred by the value of this property.

Throws:

javax.jcr.ValueFormatException - if conversion to a CategoryBean is not possible.

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if another error occurs.

getDefinition

javax.jcr.nodetype.PropertyDefinition getDefinition()
                                             throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns the property definition for this value.

Returns:

The PropertyDefinition for the current value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if another error occurs.

getTime

Date getTime()
      throws javax.jcr.ValueFormatException,
             javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a Date representation of the Calendar's time of this value.

The object returned is a copy of the stored value, so changes to it are not reflected in internal storage.

Returns:

A Date representation of this value.

Throws:

javax.jcr.ValueFormatException - if conversion to a Date is not possible.

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if another error occurs.

getNode

JCRNodeWrapper getNode()
                throws javax.jcr.ValueFormatException,
                       IllegalStateException,
                       javax.jcr.RepositoryException

Returns a JCRNodeWrapper instance referred by this value. The property has to be one of the following types

PropertyType.STRING PropertyType.REFERENCE PropertyType.WEAKREFERENCE For other types a ValueFormatException is thrown. If the reference in the value cannot be resolved to an existing node, the method returns null.

Returns:

A JCRNodeWrapper referred by the value of this property.

Throws:

javax.jcr.ValueFormatException - if conversion to a JCRNodeWrapper is not possible.

IllegalStateException - if getStream has previously been called on this Value instance. In this case a new Value instance must be acquired in order to successfully call this method.

javax.jcr.RepositoryException - if another error occurs.