org.apache.tapestry5.services

## Interface PropertyEditContext

- All Superinterfaces:
    AnnotationProvider

      public interface PropertyEditContext
      extends AnnotationProvider

  Defines a context for editing a property of a bean via `BeanEditor`. This value is made available to blocks via the `Environmental` annotation.
  See Also:
    `BeanBlockSource`

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Messages` | `getContainerMessages()` Returns the message catalog for the container of the `BeanEditForm`, which is the correct place to look for strings used for labels, etc.
    `String` | `getLabel()` Returns the user-presentable label, for use with the `Label` component, or to be integrated into any validation error messages.
    `String` | `getPropertyId()` Returns a string that identifies the property, usually the property name.
    `Class` | `getPropertyType()` Returns the type of the property being edited.
    `Object` | `getPropertyValue()` Returns the current value of the property being edited (the context encapsulates the object containing the property).
    `FieldTranslator` | `getTranslator(Field field)` Returns the translator appropriate for the field (this is based on the property type).
    `FieldValidator` | `getValidator(Field field)` Returns the FieldValidator for the field.
    `void` | `setPropertyValue(Object value)` Updates the value of the property being edited (the context encapsulates the object containing the property).

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.AnnotationProvider

      `getAnnotation`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getPropertyValue

          Object getPropertyValue()

      Returns the current value of the property being edited (the context encapsulates the object containing the property).

    - #### setPropertyValue

          void setPropertyValue(Object value)

      Updates the value of the property being edited (the context encapsulates the object containing the property).
      Parameters:
        `value` - new value for the property

    - #### getLabel

          String getLabel()

      Returns the user-presentable label, for use with the `Label` component, or to be integrated into any validation error messages.

    - #### getTranslator

          FieldTranslator getTranslator(Field field)

      Returns the translator appropriate for the field (this is based on the property type).
      Parameters:
        `field` -
      See Also:
        `TranslatorSource`

    - #### getValidator

          FieldValidator getValidator(Field field)

      Returns the FieldValidator for the field.
      See Also:
        `Validate`, `FieldValidatorDefaultSource`

    - #### getPropertyId

          String getPropertyId()

      Returns a string that identifies the property, usually the property name. This is used as the basis for the client-side client id.

    - #### getPropertyType

          Class getPropertyType()

      Returns the type of the property being edited.

    - #### getContainerMessages

          Messages getContainerMessages()

      Returns the message catalog for the container of the `BeanEditForm`, which is the correct place to look for strings used for labels, etc.

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