public List namesToMetaProperties(Collection names) throws XavaException {
List metaProperties = new ArrayList();
Iterator it = names.iterator();
int i = -1;
while (it.hasNext()) {
i++;
String name = (String) it.next();
MetaProperty metaPropertyTab = null;
try {
MetaProperty metaProperty = getMetaModel().getMetaProperty(name).cloneMetaProperty();
metaProperty.setQualifiedName(name);
String labelId = null;
if (representCollection()) {
labelId = getId() + "." + name;
// If there is no specific translation for the collection,
// we take the translation from the default tab.
if (!Labels.existsExact(labelId)) {
labelId = getIdForDefaultTab() + ".properties." + name;
}
} else {
labelId = getId() + ".properties." + name;
}
if (Labels.exists(labelId)) {
metaProperty.setLabelId(labelId);
} else if (metaPropertiesTab != null) {
// By now only the label overwritten from the property of tab
metaPropertyTab = (MetaProperty) metaPropertiesTab.get(name);
if (metaPropertyTab != null) {
metaProperty = metaProperty.cloneMetaProperty();
metaProperty.setLabel(metaPropertyTab.getLabel());
}
}
metaProperties.add(metaProperty);
} catch (ElementNotFoundException ex) {
MetaProperty notInEntity = new MetaProperty();
notInEntity.setName(name);
notInEntity.setTypeName("java.lang.Object");
if (metaPropertyTab != null) {
notInEntity.setLabel(metaPropertyTab.getLabel());
}
metaProperties.add(notInEntity);
}
}
return metaProperties;
}
public void addMetaProperty(MetaProperty metaProperty) {
if (metaPropertiesTab == null) {
metaPropertiesTab = new HashMap();
}
metaPropertiesTab.put(metaProperty.getName(), metaProperty);
}
