com.antelmann.db
Class MutableCategory.Entry

java.lang.Object
  com.antelmann.db.AbstractDBEntry
      com.antelmann.db.Category.Entry
          com.antelmann.db.MutableCategory.Entry

All Implemented Interfaces:

Category<Database<?>>, DBEntry, MutableCategory<Database<?>>, DetailedString, Serializable

Enclosing interface:

MutableCategory<T>

public abstract static class MutableCategory.Entry
extends Category.Entry
implements MutableCategory<Database<?>>

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.antelmann.db.MutableCategory

MutableCategory.Adapter<T>, MutableCategory.Entry

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.antelmann.db.DBEntry

ENTRY_FLAVOR, ENTRY_LIST_FLAVOR

Constructor Summary

MutableCategory.Entry(Object id, String categoryName, Category<Database<?>> parent)

Method Summary

MutableCategory<Database<?>>	getParentCategory() returns the super category that this category belongs to - or null if it is a top-level category
List<? extends MutableCategory<Database<?>>>	getSubCategories(Database<?> context) retrieves a list of sub-categories for this category
void	setParentCategory(MutableCategory<Database<?>> parent)

Methods inherited from class com.antelmann.db.Category.Entry

getCategoryName, setCategoryName, setParentCategory, toDetailedString, toString

Methods inherited from class com.antelmann.db.AbstractDBEntry

equals, getID, hashCode, hashEntry, sameEntry

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.antelmann.db.Category

getCategoryName

Constructor Detail

MutableCategory.Entry

public MutableCategory.Entry(Object id,
                             String categoryName,
                             Category<Database<?>> parent)

Method Detail

getParentCategory

public MutableCategory<Database<?>> getParentCategory()

Description copied from interface: Category

returns the super category that this category belongs to - or null if it is a top-level category

Specified by:

getParentCategory in interface Category<Database<?>>

Specified by:

getParentCategory in interface MutableCategory<Database<?>>

Overrides:

getParentCategory in class Category.Entry

setParentCategory

public void setParentCategory(MutableCategory<Database<?>> parent)

Specified by:

setParentCategory in interface MutableCategory<Database<?>>

getSubCategories

public List<? extends MutableCategory<Database<?>>> getSubCategories(Database<?> context)
                                                              throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Category

retrieves a list of sub-categories for this category

Specified by:

getSubCategories in interface Category<Database<?>>

Specified by:

getSubCategories in interface MutableCategory<Database<?>>

Overrides:

getSubCategories in class Category.Entry

Parameters:

context - the object (typically a database, a file, a URL, etc.) that provides the information required to derive the children from.

Returns:

a list of Category objects that have this instance as a parent

Throws:

IOException - if the categories could not be retrieved