Package com.terminalfour.publish.data

Interface IPDData

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPDNotFound

All Known Implementing Classes:

PDCache, PDCacheNotFound, PDChannel, PDChannelNotFound, PDContentItem, PDContentItemNotFound, PDContentItemType, PDContentListItem, PDContentListItemNotFound, PDContentType, PDContentTypeElement, PDContentTypeElementNotFound, PDContentTypeNotFound, PDDateElement, PDDateTime, PDDateTimeNotFound, PDElement, PDElementNotFound, PDFileElement, PDLanguage, PDLanguageNotFound, PDList, PDListElement, PDListEntry, PDListEntryNotFound, PDListNotFound, PDMediaElement, PDSection, PDSectionNotFound, PDStatement, PDStatementNotFound, PDTagElement, PDTextElement, PDVersion, PDVersionNotFound

public interface IPDData

Basic interface that is used as a basis for all data objects within the publish API.

As a general rule, the publish API does not return null when an object cannot be found, for instance when a get method is called. Instead it returns a blank instance for the object.

This blank instance can be easily tested for by calling the #exists() method defined below.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default boolean	exists()	Checks whether the object exists or not.

Method Detail

exists

default boolean exists()

Checks whether the object exists or not.

Returns:

true if the object exists, false otherwise.