context.arch.storage
Class AttributeNameValue

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class AttributeNameValue

extends Attribute

This class is a container for an attribute name, value and type.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ATTRIBUTE_NAME Tag for an attribute name
static java.lang.String	ATTRIBUTE_NAME_VALUE Tag for an attribute name/value pair
static java.lang.String	ATTRIBUTE_VALUE Tag for an attribute value
protected java.lang.Object	value

Fields inherited from class context.arch.storage.Attribute

ATTRIBUTE, ATTRIBUTE_TYPE, attributes, DEFAULT_TYPE, DOUBLE, FLOAT, INT, LONG, name, SHORT, STRING, STRUCT, type

Constructor Summary

AttributeNameValue()
Empty constructor

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

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

AttributeNameValue(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String type)
Constructor that takes a name, value and type

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getValue() Returns the value of the stored attribute
void	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Sets the value 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 context.arch.storage.Attribute

compareTo, getName, getSubAttributes, getType, setName, setSubAttributes, setType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

value

protected java.lang.Object value

ATTRIBUTE_NAME_VALUE

public static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_NAME_VALUE

Tag for an attribute name/value pair

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Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_NAME

Tag for an attribute name

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Constant Field Values

ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

public static final java.lang.String ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

Tag for an attribute value

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AttributeNameValue

public AttributeNameValue()

Empty constructor

AttributeNameValue

public AttributeNameValue(java.lang.String name)

Constructor that takes only a name

Parameters:

name - Name of attribute to store

AttributeNameValue

public AttributeNameValue(java.lang.String name,
                          java.lang.Object value,
                          java.lang.String type)

Constructor that takes a name, value and type

Parameters:

name - Name of attribute to store

value - Value of attribute to store

type - Datatype of attribute to store

AttributeNameValue

public AttributeNameValue(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.

Overrides:

toDataObject in class Attribute

Returns:

AttributeNameValue object converted to an DataObject

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

Sets the value of an attribute

Parameters:

value - Value of the attribute to store

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Returns the value of the stored attribute

Returns:

value of the stored attribute

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

A printable version of this class.

Overrides:

toString in class Attribute

Returns:

String version of this class