serf.data
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  serf.data.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.String>

public class Attribute
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.String>

This class represents the attributes associated with a record. An attribute has a type and one or more values associated with it.

Constructor Summary

Attribute(java.lang.String type)

Attribute(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String... values)

Method Summary

void	addValue(java.lang.String text) Adds a value for this attribute.
void	addValues(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> values) Adds a set of values to this attribute
void	clear() Removes all the attribute values
Attribute	clone()
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Test this object for equality with another object.
java.lang.String	getType() Get the type of this attribute.
int	getValuesCount() Gets the number of values for this attribute
int	hashCode()
java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String>	iterator() Retrieves an iterator for this attribute's values.
void	setType(java.lang.String type) Sets the attribute type
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String type)

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String type,
                 java.lang.String... values)

Method Detail

clone

public Attribute clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Get the type of this attribute.

Returns:

The attribute type as given by the data source.

setType

public void setType(java.lang.String type)

Sets the attribute type

Parameters:

type - The new attribute type

iterator

public java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String> iterator()

Retrieves an iterator for this attribute's values.

Specified by:

iterator in interface java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.String>

Returns:

Attribute values iterator.

getValuesCount

public int getValuesCount()

Gets the number of values for this attribute

Returns:

The number of values for this attribute

addValue

public void addValue(java.lang.String text)

Adds a value for this attribute.

Parameters:

value - The new attribute value.

addValues

public void addValues(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> values)

Adds a set of values to this attribute

Parameters:

values - the new values

clear

public void clear()

Removes all the attribute values

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Test this object for equality with another object.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

object -

Returns:

true if this and object have the same type and value