wt.step.schemaGenerator
Class EntityAttribute

java.lang.Object
  wt.step.schemaGenerator.EntityAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

class EntityAttribute

extends Object

implements Comparable

An attribute of an Entity with a name and a type name

Field Summary

private boolean	_isInherited
private String	_name
private EntityDefinition	_parent
private String	_typeName

Constructor Summary

(package private)

EntityAttribute(String name, String typeName, EntityDefinition parent)

Method Summary

(package private) void	appendToName(String postfix) Add a postfix to the existing attribute name.
int	compareTo(Object otherObj) Standard comparison function.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
(package private) String	getName() Accessor for this attributes name
(package private) String	getType()
(package private) void	setInheritedFlag(boolean value) Flags wether this attribute is an inherited attribute for this entity
String	toString()
(package private) void	writeExpress(PrintStream outStream) Write the attribute in express.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_isInherited

private boolean _isInherited

_name

private String _name

_typeName

private String _typeName

_parent

private EntityDefinition _parent

Constructor Detail

EntityAttribute

EntityAttribute(String name,
                String typeName,
                EntityDefinition parent)

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Accessor for this attributes name

getType

String getType()

appendToName

void appendToName(String postfix)

Add a postfix to the existing attribute name.

writeExpress

void writeExpress(PrintStream outStream)

Write the attribute in express. If it is flaged as inherited then a commented version is written.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object otherObj)

Standard comparison function.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Returns:

0 if the objects are the same. Otherwise the result of String.compareTo on their names unless these are the same in which case their parent (EntityDefinition) names are compared.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

toString

public String toString()

setInheritedFlag

void setInheritedFlag(boolean value)

Flags wether this attribute is an inherited attribute for this entity