pal.misc
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  pal.misc.Attribute

public class Attribute

extends java.lang.Object

An immutable attribute has a name and value. A convenience constructor for conversion from string to types Boolean, Integer, Double, Float is available.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	BOOLEAN
static java.lang.String	DOUBLE
static java.lang.String	FLOAT
static java.lang.String	INTEGER
static java.lang.String	STRING

Constructor Summary

Attribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)

Attribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String val, java.lang.String type)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName()
java.lang.Object	getValue()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

STRING

public static final java.lang.String STRING

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Constant Field Values

INTEGER

public static final java.lang.String INTEGER

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Constant Field Values

BOOLEAN

public static final java.lang.String BOOLEAN

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DOUBLE

public static final java.lang.String DOUBLE

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Constant Field Values

FLOAT

public static final java.lang.String FLOAT

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Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.String val,
                 java.lang.String type)

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute.

val - the value as a string

type - a string description of the type the value is. One of 'boolean', 'integer', 'double', 'float', 'string'

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.Object value)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()