Package com.evolveum.midpoint.prism

Interface PrismReference

All Superinterfaces:

DebugDumpable, Freezable, Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>, Itemable, ParentVisitable, PathVisitable, PrismContextSensitive, Revivable, Serializable, Visitable

public interface PrismReference
extends Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

Object Reference is a property that describes reference to an object. It is used to represent association between objects. For example reference from User object to Account objects that belong to the user. The reference is a simple uni-directional link using an OID as an identifier. This type should be used for all object references so the implementations can detect them and automatically resolve them.

Author:

semancik

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.util.DebugDumpable

INDENT_STRING

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PrismReference	clone()	Literal clone.
PrismReference	cloneComplex(CloneStrategy strategy)	Complex clone with different cloning strategies.
ReferenceDelta	createDelta()	Creates specific subclass of ItemDelta appropriate for type of item that this definition represents (e.g.
ReferenceDelta	createDelta(ItemPath path)
PrismReference	createImmutableClone()
String	debugDump(int indent)
<IV extends PrismValue,ID extends ItemDefinition> PartiallyResolvedItem<IV,ID>	findPartial(ItemPath path)
<I extends Item<?,?>> I	findReferencedItem(ItemPath path, Class<I> type)	Tries to find referenced path (path starting with object derefence) in-memory.
PrismReferenceValue	findValueByOid(String oid)
String	getOid()
Referencable	getRealValue()	Returns the "real value" (content) of this item: - value contained in PrismPropertyValue - Referencable in PrismReferenceValue - Containerable in PrismContainerValue - Objectable in PrismObjectValue Note that the real value can contain operational items.
@NotNull Collection<Referencable>	getRealValues()	Returns (potentially empty) collection of "real values".
PolyString	getTargetName()
boolean	merge(PrismReferenceValue value)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.util.DebugDumpable

debugDump, debugDumpLazily, debugDumpLazily

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.Freezable

checkImmutable, checkMutable, freeze, isImmutable

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.Item

acceptParentVisitor, add, add, addAll, addAll, addIgnoringEquivalents, addRespectingMetadataAndCloning, applyDefinition, applyDefinition, assertDefinitions, assertDefinitions, assertDefinitions, checkConsistence, checkConsistence, checkConsistence, checkConsistence, checkConsistence, checkConsistenceInternal, clear, contains, contains, copy, diff, diff, equals, equals, equals, filterValues, filterYields, find, findValue, findValue, getAllValues, getAnyValue, getAnyValue, getClonedValues, getDefinition, getDisplayName, getElementName, getHelp, getHighestId, getParent, getPath, getPrismContextLocal, getRealValue, getRealValuesArray, getRealValuesOrRawTypes, getUserData, getUserData, getValue, getValues, hasAnyValue, hasCompleteDefinition, hashCode, hashCode, hashCode, hasNoValues, hasRaw, isEmpty, isIncomplete, isOperational, isRaw, isSingleValue, isSingleValueByDefinition, merge, normalize, recomputeAllValues, remove, remove, removeAll, removeIf, removeRespectingMetadata, replace, replaceAll, setDefinition, setElementName, setIncomplete, setParent, setPrismContext, setUserData, size, valuesStream

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.PathVisitable

accept

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.PrismContextSensitive

getPrismContext

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.Revivable

revive

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.Visitable

accept

Method Detail

getRealValue

Referencable getRealValue()

Description copied from interface: Item

Returns the "real value" (content) of this item: - value contained in PrismPropertyValue - Referencable in PrismReferenceValue - Containerable in PrismContainerValue - Objectable in PrismObjectValue Note that the real value can contain operational items. It can also contain container IDs (although they are not considered to be part of the real value). It does not contain information about item element name nor other metadata like origin, definition, etc. (Although e.g. Containerable can be converted back into PrismContainerValue that can be used to retrieve this information.)

Specified by:

getRealValue in interface Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

getRealValues

@NotNull
@NotNull Collection<Referencable> getRealValues()

Description copied from interface: Item

Returns (potentially empty) collection of "real values".

Specified by:

getRealValues in interface Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

merge

boolean merge(PrismReferenceValue value)

getOid

String getOid()

getTargetName

PolyString getTargetName()

findValueByOid

PrismReferenceValue findValueByOid(String oid)

findPartial

<IV extends PrismValue,ID extends ItemDefinition> PartiallyResolvedItem<IV,ID> findPartial(ItemPath path)

Specified by:

findPartial in interface Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

createDelta

ReferenceDelta createDelta()

Description copied from interface: Item

Creates specific subclass of ItemDelta appropriate for type of item that this definition represents (e.g. PropertyDelta, ContainerDelta, ...)

Specified by:

createDelta in interface Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

createDelta

ReferenceDelta createDelta(ItemPath path)

Specified by:

createDelta in interface Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

clone

PrismReference clone()

Description copied from interface: Item

Literal clone.

Specified by:

clone in interface Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

createImmutableClone

PrismReference createImmutableClone()

Specified by:

createImmutableClone in interface Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

cloneComplex

PrismReference cloneComplex(CloneStrategy strategy)

Description copied from interface: Item

Complex clone with different cloning strategies.

Specified by:

cloneComplex in interface Item<PrismReferenceValue,PrismReferenceDefinition>

See Also:

CloneStrategy

toString

String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

debugDump

String debugDump(int indent)

Specified by:

debugDump in interface DebugDumpable

findReferencedItem

@Experimental
<I extends Item<?,?>> I findReferencedItem(ItemPath path,
                                                 Class<I> type)

Tries to find referenced path (path starting with object derefence) in-memory. This works only for single-value references, whose value also contains embedded object. The search is performed on embedded object.