org.w3c.tools.resources
Class ClassAttribute

java.lang.Object
  org.w3c.tools.resources.Attribute
      org.w3c.tools.resources.SimpleAttribute
          org.w3c.tools.resources.ClassAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ClassAttribute
extends SimpleAttribute

The generic description of an ClassAttribute.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.w3c.tools.resources.Attribute

COMPUTED, DONTSAVE, EDITABLE, flags, MANDATORY, name, type

Constructor Summary

ClassAttribute()

ClassAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class def, int flags)

Method Summary

boolean	checkValue(java.lang.Object obj) Is the given object a valid ClassAttribute value ?
java.lang.String	pickle(java.lang.Object obj) Pickle an integer to the given output stream.
java.lang.String	stringify(java.lang.Object value) Make a String out of a ClassAttribute value.
java.lang.Object	unpickle(java.lang.String value) Unpickle an integer from the given input stream.

Methods inherited from class org.w3c.tools.resources.Attribute

checkFlag, getDefault, getFlag, getName, getType, setFlag, setName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassAttribute

public ClassAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.Class def,
                      int flags)

ClassAttribute

public ClassAttribute()

Method Detail

stringify

public java.lang.String stringify(java.lang.Object value)

Make a String out of a ClassAttribute value. The default toString method on classes doesn't work for that purpose, since it will preceed the class name with a class keyword.

Overrides:

stringify in class SimpleAttribute

Returns:

The String name of the class.

checkValue

public boolean checkValue(java.lang.Object obj)

Is the given object a valid ClassAttribute value ?

Specified by:

checkValue in class Attribute

Parameters:

obj - The object to test.

Returns:

A boolean true if okay.

pickle

public java.lang.String pickle(java.lang.Object obj)

Pickle an integer to the given output stream.

Specified by:

pickle in class SimpleAttribute

Parameters:

obj - The object to pickle.

Returns:

a String.

unpickle

public java.lang.Object unpickle(java.lang.String value)

Unpickle an integer from the given input stream.

Specified by:

unpickle in class SimpleAttribute

Parameters:

value - the string representation of this integer

Returns:

An instance of Integer.