com.iplanet.jato.view
Interface BooleanDisplayField

All Superinterfaces:
DisplayField, View
All Known Implementing Classes:
BooleanDisplayFieldImpl, CheckBox

public interface BooleanDisplayField
extends DisplayField

A display field that quantizes its values into a boolean true or false state.

Version:
JATO/1.2.2 $Id: BooleanDisplayField.java,v 1.4 2002/03/16 03:26:39 todd Exp $

Fields inherited from interface com.iplanet.jato.view.View
QUALIFIED_VIEW_NAME_SEPARATOR
 
Method Summary
 boolean booleanValue()
          Returns the boolean state of the field derived from the current value.
 java.lang.Object getFalseValue()
          Returns the value judged to represent a negative value of this field.
 java.lang.Object getTrueValue()
          Returns the value judged to represent a positive value of this field.
 
Methods inherited from interface com.iplanet.jato.view.DisplayField
getDescriptor, getValue, getValues, setValue, setValues, stringValue
 
Methods inherited from interface com.iplanet.jato.view.View
getName, getParent, getQualifiedName, setParent
 

Method Detail

booleanValue

public boolean booleanValue()
Returns the boolean state of the field derived from the current value. Generally, if the current value available from DisplayField.getValue() matches the value of getTrueValue(), this method will return true.

getTrueValue

public java.lang.Object getTrueValue()
Returns the value judged to represent a positive value of this field. Generally, if the current value available from DisplayField.getValue() matches the return from this method, the booleanValue() should return true.

getFalseValue

public java.lang.Object getFalseValue()
Returns the value judged to represent a negative value of this field. Generally, if the current value available from DisplayField.getValue() matches the return from this method, the booleanValue() should return false.