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

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.impl.AnnotatableImpl
      org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.impl.AttributeValueImpl
          org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.impl.MObjectImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Annotatable, AttributeValue, MObject

public class MObjectImpl
extends AttributeValueImpl
implements MObject

Default implementation of SMILA Metadata Objects.

Author:

jschumacher

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MObjectImpl()

Method Summary

Attribute	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Get the attribute object for the specified name.
java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String>	getAttributeNames() Get an iterator on the names of the currently existing attributes.
boolean	hasAttribute(java.lang.String name) Check if this metadata object has an attribute with the specified name.
boolean	hasAttributes() Check if this metadata object has attributes set.
Attribute	removeAttribute(java.lang.String name) Removes the attribute object for the specified name.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String name, Attribute attribute) Set the attribute object for the specified name.
int	size() get number of attributes.

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

getSemanticType, setSemanticType

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.AttributeValue

getSemanticType, setSemanticType

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

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

Constructor Detail

MObjectImpl

public MObjectImpl()

Method Detail

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Get the attribute object for the specified name.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface MObject

Parameters:

name - name of an attribute.

Returns:

an Attribute object if an attribute of this name exists, else null.

See Also:

MObject.getAttribute(java.lang.String)

getAttributeNames

public java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String> getAttributeNames()

Get an iterator on the names of the currently existing attributes.

Specified by:

getAttributeNames in interface MObject

Returns:

iterator on attributes names.

See Also:

MObject.getAttributeNames()

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Check if this metadata object has an attribute with the specified name. The existence of an attribute does not imply that it has values or annotations yet.

Specified by:

hasAttribute in interface MObject

Parameters:

name - name of attribute to check for

Returns:

true if an attribute exists with this name, else false.

See Also:

MObject.hasAttribute(java.lang.String)

hasAttributes

public boolean hasAttributes()

Check if this metadata object has attributes set. Existing attributes do not imply that they have already values or annotations.

Specified by:

hasAttributes in interface MObject

Returns:

true if attributes are set, else false.

See Also:

MObject.hasAttributes()

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                         Attribute attribute)

Set the attribute object for the specified name. If the attribute has been set before, the old attribute is replaced by the new one.

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface MObject

Parameters:

name - name of attribute to set

attribute - new Attribute object.

See Also:

MObject.setAttribute(java.lang.String, org.eclipse.smila.datamodel.record.Attribute)

size

public int size()

get number of attributes.

Specified by:

size in interface MObject

Returns:

number of attributes.

See Also:

MObject.size()

removeAttribute

public Attribute removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Removes the attribute object for the specified name. If no attribute with the given name exists null is returned.

Specified by:

removeAttribute in interface MObject

Parameters:

name - name of attribute to remove

Returns:

the removed Attribute object or null

See Also:

MObject.removeAttribute(java.lang.String)