org.w3c.tools.resources
Class ClassAttribute

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.w3c.tools.resources.Attribute
      extended by org.w3c.tools.resources.SimpleAttribute
          extended by 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.