Package org.n52.faroe

Interface SettingDefinition<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the value

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Ordered>, Ordered, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSettingDefinition, BooleanSettingDefinition, ChoiceSettingDefinition, DateTimeSettingDefinition, FileSettingDefinition, IntegerSettingDefinition, MultilingualStringSettingDefinition, NumericSettingDefinition, StringSettingDefinition, UriSettingDefinition

public interface SettingDefinition<T>
extends Ordered, Serializable

Interface for setting definitions that can be used within the Service. Defined settings will be presented in the administrator and installer view.

Since:

1.0.0

See Also:

SettingDefinitionGroup, SettingsService, FileSettingDefinition, BooleanSettingDefinition, IntegerSettingDefinition, NumericSettingDefinition, StringSettingDefinition, UriSettingDefinition

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	getDefaultValue()
String	getDescription()
SettingDefinitionGroup	getGroup()
default SettingDefinitionGroup	getGroup(SettingDefinitionGroup defaultGroup)
String	getKey()
default Optional<T>	getOptionalDefaultValue()
String	getTitle()
SettingType	getType()
boolean	hasDefaultValue()
boolean	hasDescription()
boolean	hasGroup()
boolean	hasTitle()
boolean	isOptional()
SettingDefinition<?>	setDefaultValue(T defaultValue)	Sets the default value of this setting.
SettingDefinition<?>	setDescription(String description)	Sets the description of this setting definition, which should further describe the purpose of this setting.
SettingDefinition<?>	setGroup(SettingDefinitionGroup group)	Sets the group of this definition.
SettingDefinition<?>	setKey(String key)	Sets the unique identifier of this setting definition, which can be referenced by configurable classes.
SettingDefinition<?>	setOptional(boolean optional)	Sets whether this setting is optional or can be null.
SettingDefinition<?>	setTitle(String title)	Sets the title of this setting definition, which will be presented to the user.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.n52.faroe.Ordered

getOrder, setOrder

Method Detail

getKey

String getKey()

Returns:

the unique key of this definition

getTitle

String getTitle()

Returns:

the title of this definition

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns:

the description of this definition

isOptional

boolean isOptional()

Returns:

wether this setting is optional or required.

getDefaultValue

T getDefaultValue()

Returns:

the default value (or null if there is none)

getOptionalDefaultValue

default Optional<T> getOptionalDefaultValue()

getGroup

SettingDefinitionGroup getGroup()

Returns:

the group of this definition

getGroup

default SettingDefinitionGroup getGroup(SettingDefinitionGroup defaultGroup)

hasTitle

boolean hasTitle()

Returns:

if this definition has a non empty title

hasDescription

boolean hasDescription()

Returns:

if this definition has a non empty description

hasDefaultValue

boolean hasDefaultValue()

Returns:

if this definition has a default value

hasGroup

boolean hasGroup()

Returns:

if this definition has a group

setKey

SettingDefinition<?> setKey(String key)

Sets the unique identifier of this setting definition, which can be referenced by configurable classes.

Parameters:

key - the unique key

setTitle

SettingDefinition<?> setTitle(String title)

Sets the title of this setting definition, which will be presented to the user.

Parameters:

title - the title

setDescription

SettingDefinition<?> setDescription(String description)

Sets the description of this setting definition, which should further describe the purpose of this setting. Can contain XHTML markup.

Parameters:

description - the description

setOptional

SettingDefinition<?> setOptional(boolean optional)

Sets whether this setting is optional or can be null. By default all settings are required.

Parameters:

optional - if this setting is optional

setDefaultValue

SettingDefinition<?> setDefaultValue(T defaultValue)

Sets the default value of this setting. All required settings should have a default setting to allow a smoother integration of new settings in old configurations.

Parameters:

defaultValue - the default value

setGroup

SettingDefinition<?> setGroup(SettingDefinitionGroup group)

Sets the group of this definition. If no group is set, the setting will be moved to a default group.

Parameters:

group - the group

getType

SettingType getType()

Returns:

the type of the value of this definition