moved parse to readable, require getValueClass and remove *TypedValue…

…, renamed temporal to time

core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/value/ReadableValue.java

@@ -1,59 +1,65 @@
-/* Copyright (c) The m-m-m Team, Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 */
-package io.github.mmm.value;
-
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
-
-/**
- * This interface gives read access to the {@link #get() value} of an object.
- *
- * @param <V> type of the {@link #get() value}.
- * @since 1.0.0
- */
-public abstract interface ReadableValue<V> extends Supplier<V> {
-
-  /**
-   * @return the current value of this object. May be {@code null} unless otherwise stated.
-   */
-  @Override
-  V get();
-
-  /**
-   * @return the value of {@link #get()} but in case this is {@code null} it will return {@link #getFallbackSafeValue()}.
-   *         So unless {@link #getFallbackSafeValue()} also returns {@code null} this method a null-safe variant of
-   *         {@link #get()}.
-   * @see #getFallbackSafeValue()
-   */
-  default V getSafe() {
-
-    V value = get();
-    if (value == null) {
-      value = getFallbackSafeValue();
-    }
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @return a neutral element to be used instead of {@code null} if supported for this type of value (e.g. "" for
-   *         {@link String}, {@code 0} for any kind of {@link Number}, {@link Boolean#FALSE}, empty collection, etc.).
-   *         May still be {@code null} for types that have no such neutral element.
-   */
-  V getFallbackSafeValue();
-
-  /**
-   * Null-safe access to {@link #get()}.
-   *
-   * @param <T> type of the {@link #get() value}
-   * @param value the {@link ReadableValue} to unwrap.
-   * @return the {@link #get() value} of the {@link ReadableValue}. Will be {@code null} if the given
-   *         {@link ReadableValue} is {@code null} or its {@link #get() value} is {@code null}.
-   */
-  static <T> T get(ReadableValue<T> value) {
-
-    if (value == null) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    return value.get();
-  }
-
-}
+/* Copyright (c) The m-m-m Team, Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 */
+package io.github.mmm.value;
+
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+/**
+ * This interface gives read access to the {@link #get() value} of an object.
+ *
+ * @param <V> type of the {@link #get() value}.
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+public abstract interface ReadableValue<V> extends Supplier<V> {
+
+  /**
+   * @return the current value of this object. May be {@code null} unless otherwise stated.
+   */
+  @Override
+  V get();
+
+  /**
+   * @return the value of {@link #get()} but in case this is {@code null} it will return
+   *         {@link #getFallbackSafeValue()}. So unless {@link #getFallbackSafeValue()} also returns {@code null} this
+   *         method a null-safe variant of {@link #get()}.
+   * @see #getFallbackSafeValue()
+   */
+  default V getSafe() {
+
+    V value = get();
+    if (value == null) {
+      value = getFallbackSafeValue();
+    }
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return a neutral element to be used instead of {@code null} if supported for this type of value (e.g. "" for
+   *         {@link String}, {@code 0} for any kind of {@link Number}, {@link Boolean#FALSE}, empty collection, etc.).
+   *         May still be {@code null} for types that have no such neutral element.
+   */
+  V getFallbackSafeValue();
+
+  /**
+   * Null-safe access to {@link #get()}.
+   *
+   * @param <T> type of the {@link #get() value}
+   * @param value the {@link ReadableValue} to unwrap.
+   * @return the {@link #get() value} of the {@link ReadableValue}. Will be {@code null} if the given
+   *         {@link ReadableValue} is {@code null} or its {@link #get() value} is {@code null}.
+   */
+  static <T> T get(ReadableValue<T> value) {
+
+    if (value == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return value.get();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return the {@link Class} reflecting the type of {@link #get() value}. Even if the {@link #get() value} is
+   *         {@code null} the property must support returning the value class.
+   */
+  Class<V> getValueClass();
+
+}

core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/value/SimplePath.java

@@ -1,82 +1,88 @@
-/* Copyright (c) The m-m-m Team, Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 */
-package io.github.mmm.value;
-
-/**
- * Implementation of {@link PropertyPath} for a plain path without {@link #get() value}.
- *
- * @since 1.0.0
- */
-public final class SimplePath implements PropertyPath<Object> {
-
-  /** Name of the {@link #path() path} property for marshalling. */
-  public static final String NAME_PATH = "path";
-
-  private final ReadablePath parent;
-
-  private final String name;
-
-  /**
-   * The constructor.
-   *
-   * @param parent the {@link #parentPath() parent path} or {@code null} for root.
-   * @param name the {@link #getName() name} and {@link #pathSegment() segment}.
-   */
-  public SimplePath(ReadablePath parent, String name) {
-
-    super();
-    this.parent = parent;
-    this.name = name;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Object get() {
-
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Object getFallbackSafeValue() {
-
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String getName() {
-
-    return this.name;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ReadablePath parentPath() {
-
-    return this.parent;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String toString() {
-
-    return path();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @param path the entire {@link #path()}.
-   * @return the given {@code path} parsed as {@link SimplePath}.
-   */
-  public static SimplePath of(String path) {
-
-    int start = 0;
-    SimplePath result = null;
-    while (true) {
-      int i = path.indexOf('.', start);
-      if (i == -1) {
-        return new SimplePath(result, path.substring(start));
-      } else {
-        String segment = path.substring(start, i);
-        result = new SimplePath(result, segment);
-        start = i + 1;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-}
+/* Copyright (c) The m-m-m Team, Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 */
+package io.github.mmm.value;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link PropertyPath} for a plain path without {@link #get() value}.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+public final class SimplePath implements PropertyPath<Object> {
+
+  /** Name of the {@link #path() path} property for marshalling. */
+  public static final String NAME_PATH = "path";
+
+  private final ReadablePath parent;
+
+  private final String name;
+
+  /**
+   * The constructor.
+   *
+   * @param parent the {@link #parentPath() parent path} or {@code null} for root.
+   * @param name the {@link #getName() name} and {@link #pathSegment() segment}.
+   */
+  public SimplePath(ReadablePath parent, String name) {
+
+    super();
+    this.parent = parent;
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Object get() {
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Object getFallbackSafeValue() {
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+
+    return this.name;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ReadablePath parentPath() {
+
+    return this.parent;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Class<Object> getValueClass() {
+
+    return Object.class;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+
+    return path();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param path the entire {@link #path()}.
+   * @return the given {@code path} parsed as {@link SimplePath}.
+   */
+  public static SimplePath of(String path) {
+
+    int start = 0;
+    SimplePath result = null;
+    while (true) {
+      int i = path.indexOf('.', start);
+      if (i == -1) {
+        return new SimplePath(result, path.substring(start));
+      } else {
+        String segment = path.substring(start, i);
+        result = new SimplePath(result, segment);
+        start = i + 1;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}