org.w3c.tools.resources
Class ObjectAttribute

java.lang.Object
  org.w3c.tools.resources.Attribute
      org.w3c.tools.resources.ObjectAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ObjectAttribute
extends Attribute

A generic Object attribute. This attribute is usefull for attributes that are:

• Have Object values.
• Need not be saved (have the DONTSAVE bit set).

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Class

cls The class for values of this attribute.

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

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

Constructor Summary

ObjectAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class cls, java.lang.Object def, int flags)
Create a new ObjectAttribute instance.

ObjectAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String cname, java.lang.Object def, int flags)
Create a new ObjectAttribute instance.

Method Summary

boolean	checkValue(java.lang.Object value) Check that a value is allowed for this attribute.
java.lang.String	pickle(java.lang.Object obj) Pickle an integer to the given output stream.
java.lang.String	stringify(java.lang.Object 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

Field Detail

cls

protected java.lang.Class cls

The class for values of this attribute.

Constructor Detail

ObjectAttribute

public ObjectAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.Class cls,
                       java.lang.Object def,
                       int flags)

Create a new ObjectAttribute instance.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

cls - The class for this attribute values.

def - The default value for this attribute.

flags - The attribute flags.

ObjectAttribute

public ObjectAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String cname,
                       java.lang.Object def,
                       int flags)

Create a new ObjectAttribute instance.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

cname - The name class for this attribute values.

def - The default value for this attribute.

flags - The attribute flags.

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - If we couldn't resolve the class name.

Method Detail

checkValue

public boolean checkValue(java.lang.Object value)

Check that a value is allowed for this attribute.

Specified by:

checkValue in class Attribute

Parameters:

value - The value to check.

Returns:

A boolean true if value is allowed.

pickle

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

Pickle an integer to the given output stream.

Parameters:

obj - The object to pickle.

unpickle

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

Unpickle an integer from the given input stream.

Parameters:

value - the string representation of this integer

Returns:

An instance of Integer.

stringify

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

Specified by:

stringify in class Attribute