ro.sync.options

Interface PersistentObject

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProfileConditionInfoPO, ProfileConditionsSetInfoPO, ProfileConditionValuePO, ProfilingAttributesPresentingColorsPO, ProfilingAttributeStylePO

@API(type=EXTENDABLE,
     src=PRIVATE)
public interface PersistentObject
extends java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Defines an object that can be stored in the options. It has to be a simple object, containing only primitive types, other PersistentObjects, or arrays of these types or classes from the java.lang, except the Object class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	checkValid() Check if object is valid to be used.
java.lang.Object	clone() Forces all the persistent objects to be cloneable.
java.lang.String[]	getNotPersistentFieldNames()

Method Detail

checkValid

void checkValid()
         throws ro.sync.options.InvalidPersistentObjException

Check if object is valid to be used. Method is called after it is deserialized from options. If not then throw an InvalidPersistentObjException exception.

Throws:

InvalidPersistentObjException - Thrown when instance is not valid.

getNotPersistentFieldNames

java.lang.String[] getNotPersistentFieldNames()

Returns:

The names of the field from this object which should not be serialized.

clone

java.lang.Object clone()

Forces all the persistent objects to be cloneable.

Returns:

A clone of this object. The clone and the original are disjunct. They share only immutable objects, like Strings, Integers, etc.