org.mmbase.bridge
Interface BridgeList

All Superinterfaces:

Collection, List

All Known Subinterfaces:

FieldList, ModuleList, NodeList, NodeManagerList, RelationList, RelationManagerList, StringList

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBridgeList, AbstractSequentialBridgeList, BasicFieldList, BasicList, BasicModuleList, BasicNodeList, BasicNodeManagerList, BasicRelationList, BasicRelationManagerList, BasicStringList, CollectionNodeList, CollectionRelationList, TreeList

public interface BridgeList

extends List

A list of nodes

Since:

MMBase-1.6

Version:

$Id: BridgeList.java,v 1.4 2004/06/08 08:45:16 michiel Exp $

Author:

Pierre van Rooden

Method Summary

Object	getProperty(Object key) Retrieves a property previously set for this list.
void	setProperty(Object key, Object value) Sets a property for this list.
void	sort() Sorts this list according to a default sort order.
void	sort(Comparator comparator) Sorts this list according to a specified sort order

Methods inherited from interface java.util.List

add, add, addAll, addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, equals, get, hashCode, indexOf, isEmpty, iterator, lastIndexOf, listIterator, listIterator, remove, remove, removeAll, retainAll, set, size, subList, toArray, toArray

Method Detail

getProperty

public Object getProperty(Object key)

Retrieves a property previously set for this list. Use this to store and retrieve metadata on whow teh listw as created (such as what sort-order was specified)

Parameters:

key - the key of the property

Returns:

the property value

setProperty

public void setProperty(Object key,
                        Object value)

Sets a property for this list. Use this to store and retrieve metadata on whow teh listw as created (such as what sort-order was specified)

Parameters:

key - the key of the property

value - the property value

sort

public void sort()

Sorts this list according to a default sort order.

sort

public void sort(Comparator comparator)

Sorts this list according to a specified sort order

Parameters:

comparator - the comparator defining the sort order