Binding.java

/*
 * Milyn - Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011
 *
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 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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package org.milyn.javabean.binding.model;

import org.milyn.cdr.SmooksResourceConfiguration;
import org.milyn.javabean.BeanInstancePopulator;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:tom.fennelly@gmail.com">tom.fennelly@gmail.com</a>
 */
public abstract class Binding {

    private BeanInstancePopulator populator;
    private Bean parentBean;
    private String property;

    public Binding(BeanInstancePopulator populator) {
        this.populator = populator;
        this.property = populator.getProperty();
    }

    public SmooksResourceConfiguration getConfig() {
        return populator.getConfig();
    }

    public BeanInstancePopulator getPopulator() {
        return populator;
    }

    public String getProperty() {
        return property;
    }

    public Bean getParentBean() {
        return parentBean;
    }

    public Binding setParentBean(Bean parentBean) {
        this.parentBean = parentBean;
        return this;
    }

    public Object clone() {
        try {
            return super.clone();
        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected cloning exception.");
        }
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return property;
    }
}