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## org.neo4j.graphdb
Interface PropertyContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:
  Node, Relationship

    public interface PropertyContainer

Defines a common API for handling properties on both `nodes` and `relationships`.

Properties are key-value pairs. The keys are always strings. Valid property value types are all the Java primitives (`int`, `byte`, `float`, etc), `java.lang.String`s and arrays of primitives and Strings.

Please note that Neo4j does NOT accept arbitrary objects as property values. `setProperty()` takes a `java.lang.Object` only to avoid an explosion of overloaded `setProperty()` methods.

Method Summary
`GraphDatabaseService` | `getGraphDatabase()` Get the `GraphDatabaseService` that this `Node` or `Relationship` belongs to.
`Object` | `getProperty(String key)` Returns the property value associated with the given key.
`Object` | `getProperty(String key, Object defaultValue)` Returns the property value associated with the given key, or a default value.
`Iterable<String>` | `getPropertyKeys()` Returns all existing property keys, or an empty iterable if this property container has no properties.
`Iterable<Object>` | `getPropertyValues()` Deprecated. in favor of using `getPropertyKeys()` in combination with `getProperty(String)`.
`boolean` | `hasProperty(String key)` Returns `true` if this property container has a property accessible through the given key, `false` otherwise.
`Object` | `removeProperty(String key)` Removes the property associated with the given key and returns the old value.
`void` | `setProperty(String key, Object value)` Sets the property value for the given key to `value`.

Method Detail

### getGraphDatabase

    GraphDatabaseService getGraphDatabase()

  Get the `GraphDatabaseService` that this `Node` or `Relationship` belongs to.

  Returns:
    The GraphDatabase this Node or Relationship belongs to.

### hasProperty

    boolean hasProperty(String key)

  Returns `true` if this property container has a property accessible through the given key, `false` otherwise. If key is `null`, this method returns `false`.

  Parameters:
    `key` - the property key
  Returns:
    `true` if this property container has a property accessible through the given key, `false` otherwise

### getProperty

    Object getProperty(String key)

  Returns the property value associated with the given key. The value is of one of the valid property types, i.e. a Java primitive, a `String` or an array of any of the valid types.

  If there's no property associated with `key` an unchecked exception is raised. The idiomatic way to avoid an exception for an unknown key and instead get `null` back is to use a default value: `Object valueOrNull = nodeOrRel.getProperty( key, null )`

  Parameters:
    `key` - the property key
  Returns:
    the property value associated with the given key
  Throws:
    `NotFoundException` - if there's no property associated with `key`

### getProperty

    Object getProperty(String key,
                       Object defaultValue)

  Returns the property value associated with the given key, or a default value. The value is of one of the valid property types, i.e. a Java primitive, a `String` or an array of any of the valid types.

  Parameters:
    `key` - the property key
    `defaultValue` - the default value that will be returned if no property value was associated with the given key
  Returns:
    the property value associated with the given key

### setProperty

    void setProperty(String key,
                     Object value)

  Sets the property value for the given key to `value`. The property value must be one of the valid property types, i.e:
  - `boolean` or `boolean[]`
  - `byte` or `byte[]`
  - `short` or `short[]`
  - `int` or `int[]`
  - `long` or `long[]`
  - `float` or `float[]`
  - `double` or `double[]`
  - `char` or `char[]`
  - `java.lang.String` or `String[]`

  This means that `null` is not an accepted property value.

  Parameters:
    `key` - the key with which the new property value will be associated
    `value` - the new property value, of one of the valid property types
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `value` is of an unsupported type (including `null`)

### removeProperty

    Object removeProperty(String key)

  Removes the property associated with the given key and returns the old value. If there's no property associated with the key, `null` will be returned.

  Parameters:
    `key` - the property key
  Returns:
    the property value that used to be associated with the given key

### getPropertyKeys

    Iterable<String> getPropertyKeys()

  Returns all existing property keys, or an empty iterable if this property container has no properties.

  Returns:
    all property keys on this property container

### getPropertyValues

    @Deprecated
    Iterable<Object> getPropertyValues()

  Deprecated. in favor of using `getPropertyKeys()` in combination with `getProperty(String)`.

  Returns all currently valid property values, or an empty iterable if this node has no properties. All values are of a supported property type, i.e. a Java primitive, a `String` or an array of any of the supported types.

  Note: This method is deprecated and will be removed in future releases. Use a combination of `getPropertyKeys()` and `getProperty(String)` to achieve the same result.

  Returns:
    all property values

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