org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.impl
Class AttributeImpl

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.impl.AnnotatableImpl
      org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.impl.AttributeImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Annotatable, Attribute

public class AttributeImpl
extends AnnotatableImpl
implements Attribute

Default implementation of SMILA Attribute.

Author:

jschumacher

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AttributeImpl()

Method Summary

void	addLiteral(Literal literal) add a literal value to this attribute.
void	addObject(MObject object) add a metadata object to this attribute.
Literal	getLiteral() get one literal value of this attribute.
java.util.List<Literal>	getLiterals() get list of literal values in this attribute.
java.lang.String	getName() get name of attribute.
MObject	getObject() get one metadata object of this attribute.
java.util.List<MObject>	getObjects() get metadata objects contained in this attribute.
boolean	hasLiterals() check if attribute has literal values.
boolean	hasObjects() check if attribute has sub metadata objects.
int	literalSize() get number of literal values.
int	objectSize() get number of metadata objects in this attribute.
void	removeLiterals() remove all current literal values from this attribute.
void	removeObjects() remove all current metadata objects from this attribute.
void	setLiteral(Literal literal) set a single literal value for this attribute.
void	setLiterals(java.util.Collection<? extends Literal> literals) set the literal values of this attribute.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) set name of attribute.
void	setObject(MObject object) set the metadata object of this attribute.
void	setObjects(java.util.Collection<? extends MObject> objects) set the metadata objects of this attribute.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.impl.AnnotatableImpl

addAnnotation, annotationsSize, getAnnotation, getAnnotationNames, getAnnotations, hasAnnotation, hasAnnotations, removeAnnotations, removeAnnotations, setAnnotation, setAnnotations

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.Annotatable

addAnnotation, annotationsSize, getAnnotation, getAnnotationNames, getAnnotations, hasAnnotation, hasAnnotations, removeAnnotations, removeAnnotations, setAnnotation, setAnnotations

Constructor Detail

AttributeImpl

public AttributeImpl()

Method Detail

addObject

public void addObject(MObject object)

add a metadata object to this attribute. The object is appended to the current collection of objects.

Specified by:

addObject in interface Attribute

Parameters:

object - new metadata object

See Also:

Attribute.addObject(org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.MObject)

addLiteral

public void addLiteral(Literal literal)

add a literal value to this attribute. The value is appended to the current collection of values.

Specified by:

addLiteral in interface Attribute

Parameters:

literal - new literal value.

See Also:

Attribute.addLiteral(org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.Literal)

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

get name of attribute.

Specified by:

getName in interface Attribute

Returns:

name of attribute

See Also:

Attribute.getName()

getObject

public MObject getObject()

get one metadata object of this attribute. To be used as a conventience methods when a client can be sure that the attribute contains at most one metadata object because an implementation of the data model might not be able to ensure that the order of lmetadata objects is the same each time the record is accessed.

Specified by:

getObject in interface Attribute

Returns:

a single literal value if any are contained, else null.

See Also:

Attribute.getObject()

getObjects

public java.util.List<MObject> getObjects()

get metadata objects contained in this attribute.

Specified by:

getObjects in interface Attribute

Returns:

contained metadata objects.

See Also:

Attribute.getObjects()

getLiteral

public Literal getLiteral()

get one literal value of this attribute. To be used as a conventience methods when a client can be sure that the attribute contains at most one literal value because an implementation of the data model might not be able to ensure that the order of literal values is the same each time the record is accessed.

Specified by:

getLiteral in interface Attribute

Returns:

a single literal value if any are contained, else null.

See Also:

Attribute.getLiteral()

getLiterals

public java.util.List<Literal> getLiterals()

get list of literal values in this attribute.

Specified by:

getLiterals in interface Attribute

Returns:

list of literal values of this attribute. null, if attribute does not have literal values.

See Also:

Attribute.getLiterals()

hasObjects

public boolean hasObjects()

check if attribute has sub metadata objects.

Specified by:

hasObjects in interface Attribute

Returns:

true if attributes contains metadata objects, else false

See Also:

Attribute.hasObjects()

hasLiterals

public boolean hasLiterals()

check if attribute has literal values.

Specified by:

hasLiterals in interface Attribute

Returns:

true if attribute has literal values, else false

See Also:

Attribute.hasLiterals()

objectSize

public int objectSize()

get number of metadata objects in this attribute.

Specified by:

objectSize in interface Attribute

Returns:

number of metadata objects.

See Also:

Attribute.objectSize()

removeObjects

public void removeObjects()

remove all current metadata objects from this attribute.

Specified by:

removeObjects in interface Attribute

See Also:

Attribute.removeObjects()

removeLiterals

public void removeLiterals()

remove all current literal values from this attribute.

Specified by:

removeLiterals in interface Attribute

See Also:

Attribute.removeLiterals()

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

set name of attribute.

Specified by:

setName in interface Attribute

Parameters:

name - name of attribute

See Also:

Attribute.setName(java.lang.String)

setObject

public void setObject(MObject object)

set the metadata object of this attribute. All currently existing objects are replaced.

Specified by:

setObject in interface Attribute

Parameters:

object - new metadata object

See Also:

Attribute.setObject(org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.MObject)

setObjects

public void setObjects(java.util.Collection<? extends MObject> objects)

set the metadata objects of this attribute. All currently existing objects are replaced.

Specified by:

setObjects in interface Attribute

Parameters:

objects - new metadata objects

See Also:

Attribute.setObjects(java.util.Collection)

setLiteral

public void setLiteral(Literal literal)

set a single literal value for this attribute. All currently existing values are replaced.

Specified by:

setLiteral in interface Attribute

Parameters:

literal - new literal value

See Also:

Attribute.setLiteral(org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.Literal)

setLiterals

public void setLiterals(java.util.Collection<? extends Literal> literals)

set the literal values of this attribute. All currently existing values are replaced.

Specified by:

setLiterals in interface Attribute

Parameters:

literals - new literal values

See Also:

Attribute.setLiterals(java.util.Collection)

literalSize

public int literalSize()

get number of literal values.

Specified by:

literalSize in interface Attribute

Returns:

number of literal values.

See Also:

Attribute.literalSize()