com.sun.tools.xjc.api
Interface Property

All Known Implementing Classes:
PropertyImpl

public interface Property

Represents a property of a wrapper-style element.

Carrys information about one property of a wrapper-style element. This interface is solely intended for the use by the JAX-RPC and otherwise the use is discouraged.

REVISIT: use CodeModel.

See Also:
Mapping

Method Summary
 QName elementName()
          Name of the XML element that corresponds to the property.
 String name()
          The name of the property.
 com.sun.codemodel.JType type()
          The Java type of the property.
 

Method Detail

name

String name()
The name of the property.

This method returns a valid identifier suitable for the use as a variable name.

Returns:
always non-null. Camel-style name like "foo" or "barAndZot". Note that it may contain non-ASCII characters (CJK, etc.) The caller is responsible for proper escaping if it wants to print this as a variable name.

type

com.sun.codemodel.JType type()
The Java type of the property.

Returns:
always non-null. JType is a representation of a Java type in a codeModel. If you just need the fully-qualified class name, call JType.fullName().

elementName

QName elementName()
Name of the XML element that corresponds to the property.

Each child of a wrapper style element corresponds with an element, and this method returns that name.

Returns:
always non-null valid QName.