com.infoengine.connector
Class Element

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Element

extends Data

represents Info*Engine element data.
Elements contain Attributes.
Elements are contained within Groups

See Also:

Attribute, Group, Serialized Form

Field Summary

private Vector

_attributes

Fields inherited from class com.infoengine.connector.Data

_meta

Constructor Summary

Element()

Method Summary

void	addAttribute(Attribute a) add an attribute to this element
void	addAttribute(String name, Object value) add and create a new attribute to this element
boolean	equals(Object other) compare this element with another for equality
Attribute	getAttribute(String name) get an attribute by name
int	getAttributeCount() get the number of attributes contained by this element
Enumeration	getAttributes() get an Enumeration of all attributes contained by this element
Object	getAttributeValue(String name) get an attribute's value by name if attribute is multi-valued then the first value is returned.
Enumeration	getAttributeValues(String name) get an attribute's values by name.
int	hashCode() generate this Element's hashCode value is based on all attributes and metadata.
String	toString() return a String representation of this Element (resembles XML useful for deugging only)

Methods inherited from class com.infoengine.connector.Data

addMetaValue, getMetaNames, getMetaValue, getMetaValues, removeMetaValues, setMetaValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_attributes

private Vector _attributes

Constructor Detail

Element

public Element()

Method Detail

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(Attribute a)

add an attribute to this element

Parameters:

a - the attribute to add

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(String name,
                         Object value)

add and create a new attribute to this element

Parameters:

name - attribute name

value - attribute value

getAttributes

public Enumeration getAttributes()

get an Enumeration of all attributes contained by this element

Returns:

Enumeration

getAttributeCount

public int getAttributeCount()

get the number of attributes contained by this element

Returns:

The number of attributes.

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute(String name)

get an attribute by name

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

Returns:

Attribute or null if named attribute not found

getAttributeValue

public Object getAttributeValue(String name)

get an attribute's value by name
if attribute is multi-valued then the first value is returned.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

Returns:

Object or null if named attribute not found

getAttributeValues

public Enumeration getAttributeValues(String name)

get an attribute's values by name.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

Returns:

Enumeration the attributes values or null if named attribute not found

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

compare this element with another for equality

Overrides:

equals in class Data

Returns:

boolean

hashCode

public int hashCode()

generate this Element's hashCode
value is based on all attributes and metadata.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Data

Returns:

int

toString

public String toString()

return a String representation of this Element (resembles XML useful for deugging only)

Returns:

String