PropertyDescriptorExternalBuilder (PMD Core 6.26.0 API)

Type Parameters:

E - The type of values.

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.MultiValue, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.MultiValue.Numeric, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.MultiValue.Packaged, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.SingleValue, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.SingleValue.Numeric, PropertyDescriptorBuilderConversionWrapper.SingleValue.Packaged
```
@Deprecated
public interface PropertyDescriptorExternalBuilder<E>
```
Deprecated.
see PropertyDescriptorBuilder

Builds properties from a map of key value pairs, eg extracted from an XML element.

Since:

6.0.0

Author:

Clément Fournier

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PropertyDescriptor<E>`	`build(Map<PropertyDescriptorField,String> fields)`	Deprecated. Builds a descriptor.
`boolean`	`isMultiValue()`	Deprecated. Whether this descriptor is multi-valued.
`Class<?>`	`valueType()`	Deprecated. Type of the values of the descriptor, or component type if this descriptor is multi-valued.

- Method Detail
  - isMultiValue
```
boolean isMultiValue()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Whether this descriptor is multi-valued.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if this descriptor is multi-valued
  - valueType
```
Class<?> valueType()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Type of the values of the descriptor, or component type if this descriptor is multi-valued.
    
    Returns:
    
    Type of the values
  - build
```
PropertyDescriptor<E> build(Map<PropertyDescriptorField,String> fields)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Builds a descriptor. The descriptor returned is tagged as built externally.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fields - Key value pairs
    
    Returns:
    
    A builder