org.apache.sling.api.resource

Interface ValueMap

All Superinterfaces:

Map<String,Object>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ModifiableValueMap, PersistableValueMap

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeValueMap, DeepReadModifiableValueMapDecorator, DeepReadValueMapDecorator, JcrModifiablePropertyMap, JcrPropertyMap, ModifiableValueMapDecorator, ValueMapDecorator

@ConsumerType
public interface ValueMap
extends Map<String,Object>

The ValueMap is an easy way to access properties of a resource. With resources you can use Resource.getValueMap() to obtain the value map of a resource. The various getter methods can be used to get the properties of the resource.

In addition a value map returned by a resource supports getting of deep values, like get("content/title") which is equivalent to call getChild("content") on the resource, get the value map of that resource and call get("title") - but without requiring to do all the checks. Only the following methods support deep reads: Map.get(Object), get(String, Class), get(String, Object) and Map.containsKey(Object). A ValueMap should be immutable.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

Map.Entry<K,V>

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ValueMap	EMPTY Empty immutable value map.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	get(String name, Class<T> type) Get a named property and convert it into the given type.
<T> T	get(String name, T defaultValue) Get a named property and convert it into the given type.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, compute, computeIfAbsent, computeIfPresent, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, forEach, get, getOrDefault, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, merge, put, putAll, putIfAbsent, remove, remove, replace, replace, replaceAll, size, values

Field Detail

EMPTY

static final ValueMap EMPTY

Empty immutable value map.

Method Detail

get

@CheckForNull
<T> T get(@Nonnull
                        String name,
                        @Nonnull
                        Class<T> type)

Get a named property and convert it into the given type. This method does not support conversion into a primitive type or an array of a primitive type. It should return null in this case.

Parameters:

name - The name of the property

type - The class of the type

Returns:

Return named value converted to type T or null if non existing or can't be converted.

get

<T> T get(@Nonnull
          String name,
          T defaultValue)

Get a named property and convert it into the given type. This method does not support conversion into a primitive type or an array of a primitive type. It should return the default value in this case.

Parameters:

name - The name of the property

defaultValue - The default value to use if the named property does not exist or cannot be converted to the requested type. The default value is also used to define the type to convert the value to. If this is null any existing property is not converted.

Returns:

Return named value converted to type T or the default value if non existing or can't be converted.