org.eclipse.jgit.attributes

Class Attribute

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jgit.attributes.Attribute

public final class Attribute
extends Object

Represents an attribute.

According to the man page, an attribute can have the following states:

• Set - represented by Attribute.State.SET
• Unset - represented by Attribute.State.UNSET
• Set to a value - represented by Attribute.State.CUSTOM
• Unspecified - null is used instead of an instance of this class

Since:

3.7

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Attribute.State The attribute value state

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Attribute(String key, Attribute.State state) Creates a new instance
Attribute(String key, String value) Creates a new instance.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getKey()
Attribute.State	getState() Returns the state.
String	getValue()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(String key,
         Attribute.State state)

Creates a new instance

Parameters:

key - the attribute key. Should not be null.

state - the attribute state. It should be either Attribute.State.SET or Attribute.State.UNSET. In order to create a custom value attribute prefer the use of Attribute(String, String) constructor.

Attribute

public Attribute(String key,
         String value)

Creates a new instance.

Parameters:

key - the attribute key. Should not be null.

value - the custom attribute value

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getKey

public String getKey()

Returns:

the attribute key (never returns null)

getState

public Attribute.State getState()

Returns the state.

Returns:

the state (never returns null)

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns:

the attribute value (may be null)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object