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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/design/alt.design/properties/property-methods.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/design/alt.design/properties/property-methods.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 6c5f46805..000000000 --- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/design/alt.design/properties/property-methods.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> -<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.1//EN" - "http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/xml-forrest/src/resources/schema/dtd/document-v11.dtd"> -<document> - <header> - <title>Property Methods Access</title> - <authors> - <person id="pbw" name="Peter B. West" email="pbwest@powerup.com.au"/> - </authors> - </header> - <body> - <section> - <title>Introduction</title> - <p> - The <link href= "property-data.html" >previous section</link> - discussed the common data elements in the simplest examples of - <property>: classes. This section discusses more complex - classes whose facilities are accessed only through various - methods. - </p> - </section> - <section> - <title>Generating & Accessing Initial Values</title> - - <p> - <fork href= "AutoRestore.html" - >org.apache.fop.fo.properties.AutoRestore</fork> is an example - of a the next most complex <property> class. In - addition to all of the common static fields, these classes - have initial data value types which require the dynamic - generation of a PropertyValue instance. - </p> - - <p> - The method <code >PropertyValue getInitialValue(int)</code > - returns an instance of PropertyValue of the appropriate - subclass containing the initial value for this - <property>. Like the static data fields, this value is, - in turn, stored in the array of initial values maintained in - the <fork href= "../PropertyConsts.html" ><code - >PropertyConsts</code ></fork> singleton <fork href= - "../PropertyConsts.html#pconsts" ><code >pconsts</code - ></fork>.` As with the fields, the first invocation of the - method <fork href= "../PropertyConsts.html#setupProperty" - ><code >setupProperty</code ></fork> on the property - instantiates the singleton instance of the class, and stores - that instance in the in the <fork href= - "../PropertyConsts.html#properties" ><code >Property[] - properties</code ></fork> array of <fork href= - "../PropertyConsts.html#pconsts" ><code >pconsts</code - ></fork>. - </p> - - <p> - Unlike the static data fields, however, the initial value is - not immediately generated. It is generated by a call to <fork - href= "../PropertyConsts.html#getInitialValue" ><code - >PropertyValue getInitialValue(int)</code ></fork> in <fork - href= "../PropertyConsts.html#pconsts" ><code >pconsts</code - ></fork>. A side-effect of this call is to store the initial - value in <fork - href="../PropertyConsts.html#initialValues"><code - >PropertyValue[] initialValues</code ></fork>. - </p> - - </section> - </body> -</document> |