/*
 * Rapid Beans Framework: GenericBean.java
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Martin Bluemel
 * 
 * Creation Date: 01/26/2006
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * You should have received a copies of the GNU Lesser General Public License and the
 * GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.rapidbeans.core.basic;

import org.rapidbeans.core.type.TypeRapidBean;

/**
 * a Rapid Bean without class.
 * 
 * @author Martin Bluemel
 */
public class GenericBean extends RapidBeanImplStrict {

	/**
	 * The Rapid Bean type instance. Since we have no class we can't make it a
	 * static member of the class. So every instance has to have a reference to
	 * it's type.
	 */
	private TypeRapidBean type = null;

	/**
	 * @return the Rapid Bean type
	 */
	public TypeRapidBean getType() {
		return this.type;
	}

	/**
	 * A generic Bean has nothing to initialize here since it you can access
	 * properties only over the generic ways not the concrete ones like in non
	 * generic Beans.
	 */
	public void initProperties() {
		// do absolutely nothing
	}

	/**
	 * constructor.
	 * 
	 * @param argType
	 *            the Rapid Bean type
	 */
	public GenericBean(final TypeRapidBean argType) {
		super(argType);
		this.type = argType;
	}

	/**
	 * constructor with initial values as one String and type.
	 * 
	 * @param argType
	 *            the Rapid Bean type
	 * @param initvals
	 *            String with initial values braced with quotes separated by a
	 *            blank;
	 */
	public GenericBean(final TypeRapidBean argType, final String initvals) {
		super(initvals, argType);
		this.type = argType;
	}

	/**
	 * constructor with initial values as String array.
	 * 
	 * @param argType
	 *            the Rapid Bean type
	 * @param initvals
	 *            String arry with initial values.
	 */
	public GenericBean(final TypeRapidBean argType, final String[] initvals) {
		super(initvals, argType);
		this.type = argType;
	}
}