org.w3c.tools.resources
Class StringAttribute

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

EncodingAttribute, FilenameAttribute, LanguageAttribute, PasswordAttribute

public class StringAttribute
extends SimpleAttribute

The generic description of an StringAttribute.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

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

Constructor Summary

StringAttribute()

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

Method Summary

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

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

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

StringAttribute

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

Create a description for a generic String attribute.

Parameters:

name - The attribute name.

def - The default value for these attributes.

flags - The associated flags.

StringAttribute

public StringAttribute()

Method Detail

checkValue

public boolean checkValue(java.lang.Object obj)

Is the given object a valid StringAttribute value ?

Specified by:

checkValue in class Attribute

Parameters:

obj - The object to test.

Returns:

A boolean true if value is valid.

pickle

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

Description copied from class: SimpleAttribute

Pickle an attribute into a String.

Specified by:

pickle in class SimpleAttribute

Returns:

a String.

unpickle

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

Description copied from class: SimpleAttribute

Unpickle an attribute from a string.

Specified by:

unpickle in class SimpleAttribute

Returns:

a Object.