org.joda.property.impl
Class AbstractModelElement

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

ModelElement, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractBean, AbstractProperty, AbstractProxyBean

public abstract class AbstractModelElement

extends java.lang.Object

implements ModelElement

Abstract ModelElement provides the implementation of the attributes common to Beans and Properties

Author:

Stephen Colebourne

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AbstractModelElement()
Constructor.

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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractModelElement

public AbstractModelElement()

Constructor.

Method Detail

getAttribute

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

Description copied from interface: ModelElement

Get an attribute by key.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface ModelElement

Parameters:

key - the key to get

Returns:

attribute value by key, null if not found

See Also:

ModelElement.getAttribute(String)

getAttributeCount

public int getAttributeCount()

Description copied from interface: ModelElement

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

Specified by:

getAttributeCount in interface ModelElement

Returns:

the number of attributes

See Also:

ModelElement.getAttributeCount()

getAttributeMap

public java.util.Map getAttributeMap()

Description copied from interface: ModelElement

Get the Map of string to string attributes.

Specified by:

getAttributeMap in interface ModelElement

Returns:

string/string attribute Map

See Also:

ModelElement.getAttributeMap()

setAttribute

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

Description copied from interface: ModelElement

Set an attribute key and value.

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface ModelElement

Parameters:

key - the key to set

value - the value to set

See Also:

ModelElement.setAttribute(String, String)