org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect
Interface CollectionMetadata

All Superinterfaces:

Metadata, NonNullMetadata

public interface CollectionMetadata
extends NonNullMetadata

Metadata for a collection based value. Values of the collection are defined by Metadata objects. This Collection Metadata can constrain the values of the collection to a specific type.

ThreadSafe

Method Summary

java.lang.Class<?>	getCollectionClass() Return the type of the collection.
java.util.List<Metadata>	getValues() Return Metadata for the values of the collection.
java.lang.String	getValueType() Return the type specified for the values of the collection.

Method Detail

getCollectionClass

java.lang.Class<?> getCollectionClass()

Return the type of the collection. The possible types are: array (Object[]), Set, and List. This information is specified in the element name.

Returns:

The type of the collection. Object[] is returned to indicate an array.

getValueType

java.lang.String getValueType()

Return the type specified for the values of the collection. The value-type attribute specified this information.

Returns:

The type specified for the values of the collection.

getValues

java.util.List<Metadata> getValues()

Return Metadata for the values of the collection.

Returns:

A List of Metadata for the values of the collection.