xdoclet.sdk.xgg.binding
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
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  +--xdoclet.sdk.xgg.binding.Binding
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        +--xdoclet.sdk.xgg.binding.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Child

public class Attribute

extends Binding

implements Child

Holder object for a XML attribute

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Aslak Hellesøy, Laurent Etiemble

Constructor Summary

Attribute(String xmlName, Element container)
Constructor for an Attribute object

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o)
Cardinality	getCardinality() Gets the cardinality related to the associated attribute
Element	getContainer() Gets the container element
String	getId() Returns an id based on the class name and the xml name.
String	getJavaName() Gets the Java name of the child
String	getJavaType() Gets the Java type of the child
boolean	isAttribute() Returns whether or not this sub element is an attribute
boolean	isMany() Returns whether or not this sub element has a many cardinality
String	toString() Implementation of the toString method

Methods inherited from class xdoclet.sdk.xgg.binding.Binding

getRegexp, getVersion, getXmlName, setRegexp

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface xdoclet.sdk.xgg.binding.Child

getVersion, getXmlName

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(String xmlName,
                 Element container)

Constructor for an Attribute object

Parameters:

xmlName - XML name of the attribute

container - Element whose has this attribute

Method Detail

getCardinality

public Cardinality getCardinality()

Gets the cardinality related to the associated attribute

Specified by:

getCardinality in interface Child

Returns:

The cardinality holder

getContainer

public Element getContainer()

Gets the container element

Specified by:

getContainer in interface Child

Returns:

The container element

getJavaName

public String getJavaName()

Gets the Java name of the child

Specified by:

getJavaName in interface Child

Overrides:

getJavaName in class Binding

Returns:

The Java name

getJavaType

public String getJavaType()

Gets the Java type of the child

Specified by:

getJavaType in interface Child

Specified by:

getJavaType in class Binding

Returns:

The Java type

isAttribute

public boolean isAttribute()

Returns whether or not this sub element is an attribute

Specified by:

isAttribute in interface Child

Returns:

True if it is an attribute

isMany

public boolean isMany()

Returns whether or not this sub element has a many cardinality

Specified by:

isMany in interface Child

Returns:

True if it has a many cardinality

getId

public String getId()

Description copied from interface: Child

Returns an id based on the class name and the xml name. Used to distinguish SubElement and Attribute with same xml name.

Specified by:

getId in interface Child

Returns:

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Implementation of the toString method

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String representation