org.joda.property
Interface ModelElement

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Bean, Bean.Internal, BooleanicProperty, BooleanPrimitiveProperty, BooleanProperty, ClassProperty, CollectionProperty, DataListProperty, DataMapProperty, DataProperty, DateProperty, DateTimeProperty, DecimalProperty, DoublePrimitiveProperty, DoubleProperty, InstantProperty, IntegerPrimitiveProperty, IntegerProperty, LinkingProperty, LinkListProperty, LinkMapProperty, LinkProperty, ListProperty, LocaleProperty, LongPrimitiveProperty, LongProperty, MapProperty, NumericProperty, ObjectProperty, Property, Property.Internal, StringProperty, TimeProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBean, AbstractBooleanicProperty, AbstractListProperty, AbstractMapProperty, AbstractModelElement, AbstractNumericProperty, AbstractProperty, AbstractProxyBean, DefaultBooleanPrimitiveProperty, DefaultBooleanProperty, DefaultClassProperty, DefaultDataListProperty, DefaultDataMapProperty, DefaultDateProperty, DefaultDateTimeProperty, DefaultDecimalProperty, DefaultDoublePrimitiveProperty, DefaultDoubleProperty, DefaultIntegerPrimitiveProperty, DefaultIntegerProperty, DefaultLinkListProperty, DefaultLinkMapProperty, DefaultLinkProperty, DefaultLocaleProperty, DefaultLongPrimitiveProperty, DefaultLongProperty, DefaultObjectProperty, DefaultStringProperty, DefaultTimeProperty

public interface ModelElement

extends java.io.Serializable

ModelElement defines the abstract concept of part of the Joda bean/property model structure.

Author:

Stephen Colebourne

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAttribute(java.lang.String key) Get an attribute by key.
int	getAttributeCount() Get the count of attributes.
java.util.Map	getAttributeMap() Get the Map of string to string attributes.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Set an attribute key and value.

Method Detail

getAttributeMap

public java.util.Map getAttributeMap()

Get the Map of string to string attributes.

Returns:

string/string attribute Map

getAttributeCount

public int getAttributeCount()

Get the count of attributes. This should be checked rather than getAttributes().size() to allow for lazily instantiated attribute maps.

Returns:

the number of attributes

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute(java.lang.String key)

Get an attribute by key.

Parameters:

key - the key to get

Returns:

attribute value by key, null if not found

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String key,
                         java.lang.String value)

Set an attribute key and value.

Parameters:

key - the key to set

value - the value to set