wicket.model
Class PropertyModel

java.lang.Object
  wicket.model.AbstractDetachableModel
      wicket.model.AbstractPropertyModel
          wicket.model.PropertyModel

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, IDetachable, IModel

public class PropertyModel
extends AbstractPropertyModel

A PropertyModel is used to dynamically access a model using a "property expression". See PropertyResolver javadoc for allowed property expressions.

For example, take the following bean:

 public class Person
 {
        private String name;
 
        public String getName()
        {
                return name;
        }
 
        public void setName(String name)
        {
                this.name = name;
        }
 }
 

We could construct a label that dynamically fetches the name property of the given person object like this:

     Person person = getSomePerson();
     ...
     add(new Label("myLabel", new PopertyModel(person, "name"));
 

Where 'myLabel' is the name of the component, and 'name' is the property expression to get the name property.

In the same fashion, we can create form components that work dynamically on the given model object. For instance, we could create a text field that updates the name property of a person like this:

     add(new TextField("myTextField", new PropertyModel(person, "name"));
 

To force conversion of property value to a specific type, you can provide constructor argument 'propertyType'. if that is set, that type is used for conversion instead of the type that is figured out by PropertyResolver. This can be especially useful for when you have a generic property (like Serializable myProp) that you want to be converted to a narrower type (e.g. an Integer). PropertyResolver sees an incomming string being compatible with the target property, and will then bypass the converter. Hence, to force myProp being converted to and from an integer, propertyType should be set to Integer.

Author:

Chris Turner, Eelco Hillenius, Jonathan Locke

See Also:

IModel, Model, AbstractDetachableModel, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PropertyModel(java.lang.Object modelObject, java.lang.String expression)
Construct with a wrapped (IModel) or unwrapped (non-IModel) object and a property expression that works on the given model.

PropertyModel(java.lang.Object modelObject, java.lang.String expression, java.lang.Class propertyType)
Construct with a wrapped (IModel) or unwrapped (non-IModel) object and a property expression that works on the given model.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.String	propertyExpression(Component component)
protected java.lang.Class	propertyType(Component component)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class wicket.model.AbstractPropertyModel

getNestedModel, modelObject, onAttach, onDetach, onGetObject, onSetObject

Methods inherited from class wicket.model.AbstractDetachableModel

attach, detach, getObject, isAttached, setObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyModel

public PropertyModel(java.lang.Object modelObject,
                     java.lang.String expression)

Construct with a wrapped (IModel) or unwrapped (non-IModel) object and a property expression that works on the given model. Additional formatting will be used depending on the configuration setting.

Parameters:

modelObject - The model object, which may or may not implement IModel

expression - Property expression for property access

PropertyModel

public PropertyModel(java.lang.Object modelObject,
                     java.lang.String expression,
                     java.lang.Class propertyType)

Construct with a wrapped (IModel) or unwrapped (non-IModel) object and a property expression that works on the given model. Additional formatting will be used depending on the configuration setting.

Parameters:

modelObject - The model object, which may or may not implement IModel

expression - Property expression for property access

propertyType - The type to be used for conversion instead of the type that is figured out by the property expression code. This can be especially useful for when you have a generic property (like Serializable myProp) that you want to be converted to a narrower type (e.g. an Integer). The property expression code sees an incoming string being compatible with the target property, and will then bypass the converter. Hence, to force myProp being converted to and from an integer, propertyType should be set to Integer.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractPropertyModel

See Also:

Object.toString()

propertyExpression

protected java.lang.String propertyExpression(Component component)

Specified by:

propertyExpression in class AbstractPropertyModel

Parameters:

component - The component to get a property expression for

Returns:

The property expression for the component

See Also:

AbstractPropertyModel.propertyExpression(wicket.Component)

propertyType

protected java.lang.Class propertyType(Component component)

Specified by:

propertyType in class AbstractPropertyModel

Parameters:

component - The component

Returns:

The property type

See Also:

AbstractPropertyModel.propertyType(wicket.Component)