Re: [api-dev] XPropertySet , setPropertyValue inconsistencies...

Rony G. Flatscher Fri, 23 May 2008 06:39:18 -0700


ashok _ wrote:

I am trying set the SectionLeftMargin property of an XTextSection.... :


xPropSet.setPropertyValue("SectionLeftMargin", new Long(762));

The above raises an IllegalArgumentException...

The section document describes the SectionLeftMargin property as a
"long" datatype..

http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#SectionLeftMargin

The following works without raising exceptions :

xPropSet.setPropertyValue("SectionLeftMargin", new Integer(762));

When I view the section properties using XRay, SectionLeftMargin is
indicated as a "long" type again...
so its not the case of the documentation being wrong..

Is this a bug or am I reading the documentation wrong ?

(Java 1.5, Openoffice 2.3.1 , Windows xp... )

Be careful here: the UNO datatypes are rooted way in the past and inanother language (C++), where the length of an int (and of a long) wasdefined by width of the processor's register (and later got carved instone). In order to map an "UNO long" to the respective Java datatypeyou need to lookup the mapping table which would show that it is an"int" resp. "java.lang.Integer".[There should be such a table in the OpenOffice Wiki, which I do nothave handy. Instead, you could also look up the following two-pagereference card for ooRexx which uses the Java APIs and as such has amapping table on page two showing how the UNO datatypes map to the Javaones.]


HTH,

---rony

P.S.: Here's a listing of <com.sun.star.text.TextSection> from astudent's (Nicole Scholz) work in progress, giving an overview of allmembers of the service and listing the Java datatypes for properties:

*[com.sun.star.text.TextSection<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection>[xref]<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection-xref.html>](UNO_SERVICE)*



*Member Name*

        

*Type*

1 BackGraphicFilter <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#BackGraphicFilter>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

2 BackGraphicLocation <com.sun.star.style.GraphicLocation><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#BackGraphicLocation>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

3 BackGraphicURL <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#BackGraphicURL>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

4 Condition <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#Condition>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

5 DDECommandElement <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#DDECommandElement>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

6 DDECommandFile <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#DDECommandFile>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

7 DDECommandType <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#DDECommandType>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

8 EndnoteIsCollectAtTextEnd <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#EndnoteIsCollectAtTextEnd>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

9 EndnoteIsOwnNumbering <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#EndnoteIsOwnNumbering>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

10 EndnoteIsRestartNumbering <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#EndnoteIsRestartNumbering>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

11 EndnoteNumberingPrefix <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#EndnoteNumberingPrefix>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

12 EndnoteNumberingSuffix <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#EndnoteNumberingSuffix>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

13 EndnoteNumberingType <java.lang.Short><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#EndnoteNumberingType>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

14 EndnoteRestartNumberingAt <java.lang.Short><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#EndnoteRestartNumberingAt>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

15 FileLink <com.sun.star.text.SectionFileLink><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#FileLink>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

16 FootnoteIsCollectAtTextEnd <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#FootnoteIsCollectAtTextEnd>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

17 FootnoteIsOwnNumbering <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#FootnoteIsOwnNumbering>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

18 FootnoteIsRestartNumbering <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#FootnoteIsRestartNumbering>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

19 FootnoteNumberingPrefix <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#FootnoteNumberingPrefix>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

20 FootnoteNumberingSuffix <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#FootnoteNumberingSuffix>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

21 FootnoteNumberingType <java.lang.Short><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#FootnoteNumberingType>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

22 FootnoteRestartNumberingAt <java.lang.Short><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#FootnoteRestartNumberingAt>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

23 IsAutomaticUpdate <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#IsAutomaticUpdate>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

24 IsProtected <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#IsProtected>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

25 IsVisible <java.lang.Boolean><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#IsVisible>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

26 LinkRegion <java.lang.String><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#LinkRegion>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

27 SectionLeftMargin <java.lang.Integer><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#SectionLeftMargin>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

28 SectionRightMargin <java.lang.Integer><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#SectionRightMargin>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

29 TextColumns <com.sun.star.text.XTextColumns><http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#TextColumns>


        

UNO_PROPERTY

30 XNamed (com.sun.star.container)<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#XNamed>


        

UNO_INTERFACE

31 XPropertySet (com.sun.star.beans)<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#XPropertySet>


        

UNO_INTERFACE

32 XPropertyState (com.sun.star.beans)<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#XPropertyState>


        

UNO_INTERFACE

33 XTextSection (com.sun.star.text)<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#XTextSection>


        

UNO_INTERFACE



*Name*

*UNO_INTERFACE:*

1 XNamed (com.sun.star.container)<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#XNamed>

2 XPropertySet (com.sun.star.beans)<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#XPropertySet>

3 XPropertyState (com.sun.star.beans)<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#XPropertyState>

4 XTextSection (com.sun.star.text)<http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/text/TextSection.html#XTextSection>


*UNO_PROPERTY:*