com.infoengine.connector
Class Group

java.lang.Object
  com.infoengine.connector.Data
      com.infoengine.connector.Group

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Group

extends Data

represents Info*Engine group data.
Groups contain Elements.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private Vector	_elements
private String	className
private String	name
private String	shortDesc
private String	type

Fields inherited from class com.infoengine.connector.Data

_meta

Constructor Summary

Group()
create a new unnamed Group

Group(String name)
create a new named Group

Method Summary

void	addElement(Element e) add an element to this group
Object	clone() clone this Group (cloning not supported) use of this method results in CloneNotSupportedException being thrown.
boolean	equals(Object other) compare this group to another for equality
Object	getAttributeValue(String name, int index) get an attribute value by name and index if the attribute is multi-valued the first value is returned
Enumeration	getAttributeValues(String name, int index) get an enumeration of attribute values by name and index
String	getClassName() get this group's class name
Element	getElementAt(int index) get an element by index
int	getElementCount() get the number of elements this group contains
Enumeration	getElements() get an Enumeration of this group's elements
String	getName() get this group's name
String	getRecordName() get this group's name
String	getRecordShortDescription() get this group's short description
String	getType() get this group's type
int	hashCode() generate this group's hashCode. value is based on name, shortDescription, all elements and metadata
void	setClassName(String cls) set this group's class name
void	setElementAt(Element e, int index) set an element by index if an invalid index is supplied the result is the same as addElement
void	setName(String name) set this group's name
void	setRecordName(String name) set this group's name
void	setRecordShortDescription(String desc) set this group's short description
void	setType(String type) set this group's type
String	toString() return a String representation of this Group (resembles XML useful for debugging only)

Methods inherited from class com.infoengine.connector.Data

addMetaValue, getMetaNames, getMetaValue, getMetaValues, removeMetaValues, setMetaValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

private String name

shortDesc

private String shortDesc

className

private String className

type

private String type

_elements

private Vector _elements

Constructor Detail

Group

public Group()

create a new unnamed Group

Group

public Group(String name)

create a new named Group

Parameters:

name - the new group's name

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

clone this Group (cloning not supported)
use of this method results in CloneNotSupportedException being thrown.

Returns:

Object

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

compare this group to another for equality

Overrides:

equals in class Data

Returns:

boolean

getName

public String getName()

get this group's name

Returns:

String

getRecordName

public String getRecordName()

get this group's name

Returns:

String

getRecordShortDescription

public String getRecordShortDescription()

get this group's short description

Returns:

String

hashCode

public int hashCode()

generate this group's hashCode.
value is based on name, shortDescription, all elements and metadata

Overrides:

hashCode in class Data

Returns:

int

setName

public void setName(String name)

set this group's name

Parameters:

name - the new name

setRecordName

public void setRecordName(String name)

set this group's name

Parameters:

name - the new name

setRecordShortDescription

public void setRecordShortDescription(String desc)

set this group's short description

Parameters:

desc - the new description

getElementCount

public int getElementCount()

get the number of elements this group contains

Returns:

int

getElements

public Enumeration getElements()

get an Enumeration of this group's elements

Returns:

Enumeration

addElement

public void addElement(Element e)

add an element to this group

Parameters:

e - the element to add

getElementAt

public Element getElementAt(int index)

get an element by index

Parameters:

index - the index of the element to retrieve

Returns:

Element or null if invalid index

setElementAt

public void setElementAt(Element e,
                         int index)

set an element by index
if an invalid index is supplied the result is the same as addElement

Parameters:

e - the element to set

index - the index to replace

getAttributeValues

public Enumeration getAttributeValues(String name,
                                      int index)

get an enumeration of attribute values by name and index

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

index - the element index

Returns:

Enumeration or null if bad index or named attribute not found

getAttributeValue

public Object getAttributeValue(String name,
                                int index)

get an attribute value by name and index
if the attribute is multi-valued the first value is returned

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

index - the element index

Returns:

Object or null if bad index or named attribute not found

setClassName

public void setClassName(String cls)

set this group's class name

Parameters:

cls - the class name

getClassName

public String getClassName()

get this group's class name

Returns:

String

setType

public void setType(String type)

set this group's type

Parameters:

type - the new type

getType

public String getType()

get this group's type

Returns:

String

toString

public String toString()

return a String representation of this Group (resembles XML useful for debugging only)

Returns:

String