FastPathObject (InterMine 5.0.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

InterMineFastPathObject, InterMineObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

Attribute, Item, PermanentToken, ProxyReference, Reference, ReferenceList, SavedBag, SavedQuery, SavedTemplateQuery, Tag, TemplateSummary, UserProfile
```
public interface FastPathObject
```
A root interface for all objects that can be stored in a InterMine database.

Author:

Matthew Wakeling, Andrew Varley

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`getFieldProxy(java.lang.String fieldName)`	Returns the value of a field without dereferencing any ProxyReference objects.
`java.lang.Class<?>`	`getFieldType(java.lang.String fieldName)`	Returns the type of a field by name.
`java.lang.Object`	`getFieldValue(java.lang.String fieldName)`	Returns the value of a field by name.
`void`	`setFieldValue(java.lang.String fieldName, java.lang.Object value)`	Sets the value of a field by name.

- Method Detail
  - getFieldValue
```
java.lang.Object getFieldValue(java.lang.String fieldName)
                        throws java.lang.IllegalAccessException
```
    Returns the value of a field by name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fieldName - the name of the field
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the field
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalAccessException - when something goes wrong
  - getFieldProxy
```
java.lang.Object getFieldProxy(java.lang.String fieldName)
                        throws java.lang.IllegalAccessException
```
    Returns the value of a field without dereferencing any ProxyReference objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fieldName - the name of the field
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the field, or a ProxyReference representing it
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalAccessException - when something goes wrong
  - setFieldValue
```
void setFieldValue(java.lang.String fieldName,
                   java.lang.Object value)
```
    Sets the value of a field by name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fieldName - the name of the field
    
    value - the value of the field, or a ProxyReference representing it
  - getFieldType
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java.lang.Class<?> getFieldType(java.lang.String fieldName)
```
    Returns the type of a field by name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fieldName - the name of the field
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of the field