com.ail.insurance.policy
Class Reference

java.lang.Object
  com.ail.core.Type
      com.ail.insurance.policy.Reference

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class Reference
extends Type

Points to another part/element of a policy.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ail.core.Type

jXPathContext, NOT_PERSISTED

Constructor Summary

Reference()
Default constructor

Reference(ReferenceType type, java.lang.String id)
Constructor

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getId()
ReferenceType	getType() Get the value of the type property.
java.lang.String	getTypeAsString() Get the current value of the type property as a String.
void	setId(java.lang.String id)
void	setType(ReferenceType type) Set the type property.
void	setTypeAsString(java.lang.String type) Set the type property from a String.

Methods inherited from class com.ail.core.Type

addAttribute, clone, deleteLock, deleteSerialVersion, fetchJXPathContext, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributeCount, getForeignSystemId, getLock, getSerialVersion, getSystemId, hasLock, hasSerialVersion, hasSystemId, isPersisted, markAsNotPersisted, mergeWithDataFrom, removeAttribute, removeAttribute, setAttribute, setForeignSystemId, setLock, setSerialVersion, setSystemId, xpathGet, xpathGet, xpathIterate, xpathSet

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Reference

public Reference()

Default constructor

Reference

public Reference(ReferenceType type,
                 java.lang.String id)

Constructor

Parameters:

type - The type of the object being referenced

id - The Id of the object being referenced

Method Detail

setType

public void setType(ReferenceType type)

Set the type property. This indicates the type of the object being referenced (e.g. asset, section, excess, ...).

Parameters:

type - New value for type property.

setTypeAsString

public void setTypeAsString(java.lang.String type)

Set the type property from a String. This indicates the type of the object being referenced (e.g. asset, section, excess, ...). The argument passed must represent a valid value for calling ReferenceType.forName(arg).

Parameters:

type - New value for type property.

Throws:

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - If type is not a valid string representation of ReferenceType.

See Also:

ReferenceType.forName(java.lang.String), setType(com.ail.insurance.policy.ReferenceType)

getType

public ReferenceType getType()

Get the value of the type property. This indicates the type of the object being referenced (e.g. asset, section, excess, ...).

Returns:

Value of type

getTypeAsString

public java.lang.String getTypeAsString()

Get the current value of the type property as a String.

Returns:

Value of type property as a String, or null if type is null.

See Also:

getType()

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

setId

public void setId(java.lang.String id)