com.ibm.itim.common
Class ComplexAttributeValue

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.itim.common.ComplexAttributeValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ComplexAttributeValue
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

This class defines a value of a complex attribute. A complex attribute is one type of attribute that could be either single or multi value. Each attribute value is defined by ComplexAttributeValue object which contains an id and a set of sub-attributes. Each sub attribute is an AttributeValue which can be either single or multi valued, and its value can be represented as ComplexAttributeValue as well.

Since:

TIM 5.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ComplexAttributeValue()
Default Constructor

ComplexAttributeValue(java.lang.String id, AttributeValues subAttributes)
Constructs complex attribute value with an unique id and a collection sub attributes

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getId() Returns the unique id of the attribute value
AttributeValue	getSubAttribute(java.lang.String attrName) Returns the value of one sub attribute
AttributeValues	getSubAttributes() Returns the sub attribute values of a complex attribute value
void	setId(java.lang.String id) Sets the unique id of the attribute value
void	setSubAttribute(AttributeValue attr) Sets the value of one sub attribute
void	setSubAttributes(AttributeValues attrs) Sets the sub attribute values of a complex attribute value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ComplexAttributeValue

public ComplexAttributeValue()

Default Constructor

ComplexAttributeValue

public ComplexAttributeValue(java.lang.String id,
                             AttributeValues subAttributes)

Constructs complex attribute value with an unique id and a collection sub attributes

Parameters:

id - Unique id of the attribute value.

subAttributes - Sub attributes of an attribute value.

Method Detail

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

Returns the unique id of the attribute value

Returns:

String Unique id of the attribute value

setId

public void setId(java.lang.String id)

Sets the unique id of the attribute value

Parameters:

id - Unique id of the attribute value

getSubAttributes

public AttributeValues getSubAttributes()

Returns the sub attribute values of a complex attribute value

Returns:

AttributeValues

setSubAttributes

public void setSubAttributes(AttributeValues attrs)

Sets the sub attribute values of a complex attribute value

Parameters:

attrs - The sub attribute values

getSubAttribute

public AttributeValue getSubAttribute(java.lang.String attrName)

Returns the value of one sub attribute

Parameters:

attrName - Name of a sub attribute

Returns:

AttributeValue of the sub attribute

setSubAttribute

public void setSubAttribute(AttributeValue attr)

Sets the value of one sub attribute

Parameters:

attr - Value of a sub attribute