context.arch.storage
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  context.arch.storage.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributeFunction, AttributeNameValue

public class Attribute

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable

This class is a container for an attribute name, subAttributes (used for structures - STRUCT) and type. Implements Comparable; for proper operation Attributes must compare by name.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ATTRIBUTE Tag for an attribute
static java.lang.String	ATTRIBUTE_TYPE Tag for an attribute data type
protected Attributes	attributes
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_TYPE Tag for default attribute type
static java.lang.String	DOUBLE Tag for DOUBLE datatype
static java.lang.String	FLOAT Tag for FLOAT datatype
static java.lang.String	INT Tag for INT datatype
static java.lang.String	LONG Tag for LONG datatype
protected java.lang.String	name
static java.lang.String	SHORT Tag for SHORT datatype
static java.lang.String	STRING Tag for STRING datatype
static java.lang.String	STRUCT Tag for structure type
protected java.lang.String	type

Constructor Summary

Attribute()
Empty constructor

Attribute(DataObject attribute)
Constructor that takes a DataObject as input.

Attribute(java.lang.String name)
Constructor that takes only a name

Attribute(java.lang.String name, Attributes attributes, java.lang.String type)
Constructor that takes a name, value, and type

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o) Attributes can be ordered by name
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the stored attribute
Attributes	getSubAttributes() Returns the subAttributes of the stored attribute
java.lang.String	getType() Returns the datatype of the attribute
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Sets the name of an attribute
void	setSubAttributes(Attributes attributes) Sets the subAttributes of this attribute
void	setType(java.lang.String type) Sets the datatype of an attribute
DataObject	toDataObject() Converts this object to a DataObject.
java.lang.String	toString() A printable version of this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name

protected java.lang.String name

attributes

protected Attributes attributes

type

protected java.lang.String type

ATTRIBUTE_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_TYPE

Tag for an attribute data type

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Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTE

public static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE

Tag for an attribute

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DEFAULT_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_TYPE

Tag for default attribute type

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STRUCT

public static final java.lang.String STRUCT

Tag for structure type

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LONG

public static final java.lang.String LONG

Tag for LONG datatype

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DOUBLE

public static final java.lang.String DOUBLE

Tag for DOUBLE datatype

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FLOAT

public static final java.lang.String FLOAT

Tag for FLOAT datatype

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SHORT

public static final java.lang.String SHORT

Tag for SHORT datatype

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INT

public static final java.lang.String INT

Tag for INT datatype

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STRING

public static final java.lang.String STRING

Tag for STRING datatype

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Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute()

Empty constructor

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name)

Constructor that takes only a name

Parameters:

name - Name of attribute to store

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name,
                 Attributes attributes,
                 java.lang.String type)

Constructor that takes a name, value, and type

Parameters:

name - Name of attribute to store

attributes - subAttributes of this attribute

type - Datatype of attribute to store

Attribute

public Attribute(DataObject attribute)

Constructor that takes a DataObject as input. The DataObject must have as its top-level tag

Parameters:

attribute - DataObject containing the attribute info

Method Detail

toDataObject

public DataObject toDataObject()

Converts this object to a DataObject.

Returns:

Attribute object converted to an DataObject

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Sets the name of an attribute

Parameters:

name - Name of the attribute to store

setSubAttributes

public void setSubAttributes(Attributes attributes)

Sets the subAttributes of this attribute

Parameters:

attributes - subAttributes of the attribute to store

setType

public void setType(java.lang.String type)

Sets the datatype of an attribute

Parameters:

type - Datatype of the attribute to store

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the stored attribute

Returns:

name of the stored attribute

getSubAttributes

public Attributes getSubAttributes()

Returns the subAttributes of the stored attribute

Returns:

subAttributes of the stored attribute

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Returns the datatype of the attribute

Returns:

name of the attribute

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

A printable version of this class.

Returns:

String version of this class

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Attributes can be ordered by name

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

See Also:

Comparable.compareTo(java.lang.Object)