All Superinterfaces:

DebugDumpable, Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>, Itemable, ParentVisitable, PathVisitable, Revivable, Serializable, Visitable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ResourceAttribute<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DummyPropertyImpl, PrismPropertyImpl, ResourceAttributeImpl
```
public interface PrismProperty<T>
extends Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
```
Property is a specific characteristic of an object. It may be considered object "attribute" or "field". For example User has fullName property that contains string value of user's full name.
Properties may be single-valued or multi-valued
Properties may contain primitive types or complex types (defined by XSD schema)
Property values are unordered, implementation may change the order of values
Duplicate values of properties should be silently removed by implementations, but clients must be able tolerate presence of duplicate values.
Operations that modify the objects work with the granularity of properties. They add/remove/replace the values of properties, but do not "see" inside the property.
Property is mutable.

Author:

Radovan Semancik

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.util.DebugDumpable
  INDENT_STRING

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addRealValue(T valueToAdd)`
`void`	`addRealValues(T... valuesToAdd)`
`void`	`addValue(PrismPropertyValue<T> pValueToAdd)`
`void`	`addValues(Collection<PrismPropertyValue<T>> pValuesToAdd)`
`PrismProperty<T>`	`clone()`	Literal clone.
`PrismProperty<T>`	`cloneComplex(CloneStrategy strategy)`	Complex clone with different cloning strategies.
`PropertyDelta<T>`	`createDelta()`	Creates specific subclass of ItemDelta appropriate for type of item that this definition represents (e.g.
`PropertyDelta<T>`	`createDelta(ItemPath path)`
`String`	`debugDump(int indent)`
`boolean`	`deleteValue(PrismPropertyValue<T> pValueToDelete)`
`boolean`	`deleteValues(Collection<PrismPropertyValue<T>> pValuesToDelete)`
`PropertyDelta<T>`	`diff(PrismProperty<T> other)`
`PropertyDelta<T>`	`diff(PrismProperty<T> other, ParameterizedEquivalenceStrategy strategy)`
`Object`	`find(ItemPath path)`	Returns object (Item or PrismValue) pointed to by the given path.
`<IV extends PrismValue,ID extends ItemDefinition> PartiallyResolvedItem<IV,ID>`	`findPartial(ItemPath path)`
`T`	`getAnyRealValue()`
`PrismPropertyDefinition<T>`	`getDefinition()`	Returns applicable property definition.
`T`	`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.
`static <T> T`	`getRealValue(PrismProperty<T> property)`
`<X> X`	`getRealValue(Class<X> type)`	Type override, also for compatibility.
`Collection<T>`	`getRealValues()`	Returns (potentially empty) collection of "real values".
`<X> Collection<X>`	`getRealValues(Class<X> type)`	Type override, also for compatibility.
`<X> X[]`	`getRealValuesArray(Class<X> type)`	Type override, also for compatibility.
`PrismPropertyValue<T>`	`getValue()`	Returns the value, if there is only one.
`<X> PrismPropertyValue<X>`	`getValue(Class<X> type)`	Type override, also for compatibility.
`Class<T>`	`getValueClass()`
`<X> List<PrismPropertyValue<X>>`	`getValues(Class<X> type)`	Type override, also for compatibility.
`boolean`	`hasRealValue(PrismPropertyValue<T> value)`
`void`	`replaceValues(Collection<PrismPropertyValue<T>> valuesToReplace)`
`void`	`setDefinition(PrismPropertyDefinition<T> definition)`	Sets applicable property definition.
`void`	`setRealValue(T realValue)`
`void`	`setRealValues(T... realValues)`
`void`	`setValue(PrismPropertyValue<T> value)`	Means as a short-hand for setting just a value for single-valued attributes.
`String`	`toHumanReadableString()`
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.util.DebugDumpable
debugDump, debugDumpLazily, debugDumpLazily

Methods inherited from interface com.evolveum.midpoint.prism.Item
acceptParentVisitor, add, add, add, addAll, addAll, applyDefinition, applyDefinition, assertDefinitions, assertDefinitions, assertDefinitions, checkConsistence, checkConsistence, checkConsistence, checkConsistence, checkConsistence, checkConsistenceInternal, checkImmutability, clear, contains, contains, contains, containsEquivalentValue, containsEquivalentValue, diff, diff, equals, equals, equals, filterValues, findValue, getAllValues, getAnyValue, getClonedValues, getDisplayName, getElementName, getHelp, getHighestId, getParent, getPath, getPrismContext, getPrismContextLocal, getUserData, getUserData, getValues, hasCompleteDefinition, hashCode, hashCode, hashCode, hasNoValues, hasRaw, isEmpty, isImmutable, isIncomplete, isOperational, isRaw, isSingleValue, merge, modifyUnfrozen, modifyUnfrozen, normalize, recomputeAllValues, remove, remove, removeAll, replace, replaceAll, revive, setElementName, setImmutable, setIncomplete, setParent, setPrismContext, setUserData, size, valuesEqual

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

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

- Method Detail
  - getDefinition
```
PrismPropertyDefinition<T> getDefinition()
```
    Returns applicable property definition.
    May return null if no definition is applicable or the definition is not know.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getDefinition in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
    
    Specified by:
    
    getDefinition in interface Itemable
    
    Returns:
    
    applicable property definition
  - setDefinition
```
void setDefinition(PrismPropertyDefinition<T> definition)
```
    Sets applicable property definition. TODO remove (method in Item is sufficient)
    
    Specified by:
    
    setDefinition in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
    
    Parameters:
    
    definition - the definition to set
  - getValues
```
<X> List<PrismPropertyValue<X>> getValues(Class<X> type)
```
    Type override, also for compatibility.
  - getValue
```
PrismPropertyValue<T> getValue()
```
    Description copied from interface: Item
    
    Returns the value, if there is only one. Throws exception if there are more values. If there is no value, this method either: - returns null (for properties) - throws an exception (for items that can hold multiple values) - creates an empty value (for containers and references). TODO think again whether getOrCreateValue would not be better
    
    Specified by:
    
    getValue in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
  - getRealValues
```
@NotNull
Collection<T> getRealValues()
```
    Description copied from interface: Item
    
    Returns (potentially empty) collection of "real values".
    
    Specified by:
    
    getRealValues in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
  - getRealValues
```
<X> Collection<X> getRealValues(Class<X> type)
```
    Type override, also for compatibility.
  - getAnyRealValue
```
T getAnyRealValue()
```
  - getRealValue
```
T 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<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
  - getRealValue
```
<X> X getRealValue(Class<X> type)
```
    Type override, also for compatibility.
  - getRealValuesArray
```
<X> X[] getRealValuesArray(Class<X> type)
```
    Type override, also for compatibility.
  - getValue
```
<X> PrismPropertyValue<X> getValue(Class<X> type)
```
    Type override, also for compatibility.
  - setValue
```
void setValue(PrismPropertyValue<T> value)
```
    Means as a short-hand for setting just a value for single-valued attributes. Will remove all existing values.
  - setRealValue
```
void setRealValue(T realValue)
```
  - setRealValues
```
void setRealValues(T... realValues)
```
  - addValues
```
void addValues(Collection<PrismPropertyValue<T>> pValuesToAdd)
```
  - addValue
```
void addValue(PrismPropertyValue<T> pValueToAdd)
```
  - addRealValue
```
void addRealValue(T valueToAdd)
```
  - addRealValues
```
void addRealValues(T... valuesToAdd)
```
  - deleteValues
```
boolean deleteValues(Collection<PrismPropertyValue<T>> pValuesToDelete)
```
  - deleteValue
```
boolean deleteValue(PrismPropertyValue<T> pValueToDelete)
```
  - replaceValues
```
void replaceValues(Collection<PrismPropertyValue<T>> valuesToReplace)
```
  - hasRealValue
```
boolean hasRealValue(PrismPropertyValue<T> value)
```
  - getValueClass
```
Class<T> getValueClass()
```
  - createDelta
```
PropertyDelta<T> 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<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
  - createDelta
```
PropertyDelta<T> createDelta(ItemPath path)
```
    Specified by:
    
    createDelta in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
  - find
```
Object find(ItemPath path)
```
    Description copied from interface: Item
    
    Returns object (Item or PrismValue) pointed to by the given path.
    
    Specified by:
    
    find in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
  - findPartial
```
<IV extends PrismValue,ID extends ItemDefinition> PartiallyResolvedItem<IV,ID> findPartial(ItemPath path)
```
    Specified by:
    
    findPartial in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
  - diff
```
PropertyDelta<T> diff(PrismProperty<T> other)
```
  - diff
```
PropertyDelta<T> diff(PrismProperty<T> other,
                      ParameterizedEquivalenceStrategy strategy)
```
  - clone
```
PrismProperty<T> clone()
```
    Description copied from interface: Item
    
    Literal clone.
    
    Specified by:
    
    clone in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
  - cloneComplex
```
PrismProperty<T> cloneComplex(CloneStrategy strategy)
```
    Description copied from interface: Item
    
    Complex clone with different cloning strategies.
    
    Specified by:
    
    cloneComplex in interface Item<PrismPropertyValue<T>,PrismPropertyDefinition<T>>
    
    See Also:
    
    CloneStrategy
  - toString
```
String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
  - debugDump
```
String debugDump(int indent)
```
    Specified by:
    
    debugDump in interface DebugDumpable
  - toHumanReadableString
```
String toHumanReadableString()
```
  - getRealValue
```
static <T> T getRealValue(PrismProperty<T> property)
```

Interface PrismProperty<T>

Field Summary

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

Method Summary

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

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

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

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

Method Detail

getDefinition

setDefinition

getValues

getValue

getRealValues

getRealValues

getAnyRealValue

getRealValue

getRealValue

getRealValuesArray

getValue

setValue

setRealValue

setRealValues

addValues

addValue

addRealValue

addRealValues

deleteValues

deleteValue

replaceValues

hasRealValue

getValueClass

createDelta

createDelta

find

findPartial

diff

diff

clone

cloneComplex

toString

debugDump

toHumanReadableString

getRealValue