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Class AbstractCapability

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

ActionCapability

public abstract class AbstractCapability

extends Object

implements Capability

Convenience class implementing basic capability behavior.

For convenience you can derive all your capability classes from AbstractCapability, which will manage names and display names.

Hooks:

Define New Capability

Since:

v2.0

Version:

2.0 05/05/1999

Author:

Steffen Zschaler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AbstractCapability(String sName)
Create a new capability with a given name.

Method Summary

String	getDisplayName() Get the display name of this capability using the default locale.
String	getDisplayName(Locale l) Get the display name of this capability according to a locale.
String	getName() Get the capability's name.
abstract Capability	getToggled() Get the capability that is the inverse to this one.
abstract boolean	isGranted() Return the grant state of this capability.
static void	setDisplayNameResourceBundleName(String sBaseName) Set the base name for the resouce bundle that contains the capabilities' display names.
String	toString() Return a string representation of this capability.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractCapability

public AbstractCapability(String sName)

Create a new capability with a given name.

Parameters:

sName - the name of the capability.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the capability's name.

Override:

Never.

Specified by:

getName in interface Capability

Returns:

the capability's name.

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()

Get the display name of this capability using the default locale.

This is identical to

   getDisplayName (Locale.getDefault());
 

Override:

Never.

Specified by:

getDisplayName in interface Capability

Returns:

the display name of this capability according to the default locale.

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName(Locale l)

Get the display name of this capability according to a locale. You can set the base name of the resource bundle to be used by calling setDisplayNameResourceBundleName(java.lang.String).

Override:

Never.

Specified by:

getDisplayName in interface Capability

Parameters:

l - the locale according to which to get the display name

Returns:

the display name according to the locale.

isGranted

public abstract boolean isGranted()

Return the grant state of this capability. This method is abstract and you'll have to redefine it in subclasses.

Override:

Always.

Specified by:

isGranted in interface Capability

Returns:

true if this capability grants rights.

Hooks:

Define New Capability

getToggled

public abstract Capability getToggled()

Get the capability that is the inverse to this one. This method is abstract and you'll have to redefine it in subclasses.

Override:

Always.

Specified by:

getToggled in interface Capability

Returns:

the capability that is the inverse to this one.

Hooks:

Define New Capability

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of this capability.

The format of the returned string is:

display name <name>: grant state

Override:

Sometimes.

Returns:

a string representation of this capability.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

setDisplayNameResourceBundleName

public static final void setDisplayNameResourceBundleName(String sBaseName)

Set the base name for the resouce bundle that contains the capabilities' display names. The resource must contain a String for each Capability. The key for the String must be: capabilities.display_names.capability_name