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oracle.adf.view.rich.model
Class Descriptor

java.lang.Object
oracle.adf.view.rich.model.Descriptor

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseAttributeDescriptor, BaseGroupAttributeDescriptor, GroupAttributeDescriptor

public abstract class Descriptor

extends Object

Field Summary

static String

DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_DEFAULT

Constructor Summary

Descriptor()

Method Summary

abstract String	getDescription() Returns the description for the attribute.
String	getDescriptorType() Returns the default descriptor type of the object.
abstract String	getLabel() Returns the label or the display name for the attribute.
abstract String	getName() Returns the name of the attribute or the name of an attribute group .

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_DEFAULT

public static final String DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_DEFAULT

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Descriptor

public Descriptor()

Method Detail

getName

public abstract String getName()

Returns the name of the attribute or the name of an attribute group . This differs from getLabel() in AttributeDescriptor in that, the name is purely a programmatic name, not a user-displayed name.

getLabel

public abstract String getLabel()

Returns the label or the display name for the attribute. The label is may be used as the prompt for a field (in a form layout), or for a header text (in a table layout).

Returns:

a String

getDescription

public abstract String getDescription()

Returns the description for the attribute. This can be used to provide extra information about the attribute. Used in tooltips.

getDescriptorType

public String getDescriptorType()

Returns the default descriptor type of the object.

Returns:

String

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