org.w3c.tools.resources
Class PropertiesAttribute

java.lang.Object
  org.w3c.tools.resources.Attribute
      org.w3c.tools.resources.ArrayAttribute
          org.w3c.tools.resources.PropertiesAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class PropertiesAttribute
extends ArrayAttribute

The generic description of an PropertiesAttribute. A PropertiesAttribute instance holds a String to String mapping, it should be used only with care, since people may act on a reference to it.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

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

Constructor Summary

PropertiesAttribute()

PropertiesAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String def, int flags)
Create a description for a generic property list attribute.

Method Summary

boolean	checkValue(java.lang.Object obj) Is the given object a valid PropertiesAttribute value ?
java.lang.String[]	pickle(java.lang.Object o) Pickle an attribute array into a String array.
java.lang.Object	unpickle(java.lang.String[] array) Unpickle an attribute array from a string array.

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

stringify

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

PropertiesAttribute

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

Create a description for a generic property list attribute.

Parameters:

name - The attribute name.

def - The default value for these attributes.

flags - The associated flags.

PropertiesAttribute

public PropertiesAttribute()

Method Detail

checkValue

public boolean checkValue(java.lang.Object obj)

Is the given object a valid PropertiesAttribute value ?

Specified by:

checkValue in class Attribute

Parameters:

obj - The object to test.

Returns:

A boolean true if value is valid.

unpickle

public java.lang.Object unpickle(java.lang.String[] array)

Unpickle an attribute array from a string array.

Specified by:

unpickle in class ArrayAttribute

Parameters:

array - the String array

Returns:

a Object array

pickle

public java.lang.String[] pickle(java.lang.Object o)

Pickle an attribute array into a String array.

Specified by:

pickle in class ArrayAttribute

Parameters:

array - the attribute array

Returns:

a String array