Package de.aristaflow.adept2.core.orgmodelmanager

Class AttributeMetaData

java.lang.Object

de.aristaflow.adept2.core.orgmodelmanager.AttributeMetaData

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Iterable<AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement>

public class AttributeMetaData
extends Object
implements Iterable<AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement>, Serializable

AttributeMetaData is a simple immutable container class for AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement-objects, supposed to conveniently hold all available meta information about the attributes of one entity type.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement	Used to hold information about a single attribute.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AttributeMetaData(AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement[] metaDataElements)	Constructs a new AttributeMetaData-object containing the given AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement	get(int index)	Returns the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement at the given index.
AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement	get(String attrName)	Returns the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement for the given attribute name or null if none is contained for this attribute name.
int	getCount()	Returns the number of AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements held by this container.
String[]	getNames()	Returns the names of all attributes in a new array.
Iterator<AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement>	iterator()
AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement[]	toArray()	Returns an array containing all AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, spliterator

Constructor Detail

AttributeMetaData

public AttributeMetaData(AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement[] metaDataElements)

Constructs a new AttributeMetaData-object containing the given AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements.

Parameters:

metaDataElements - the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements this container should hold

Method Detail

getNames

public String[] getNames()

Returns the names of all attributes in a new array.

Returns:

the names of all attributes in a new array

getCount

public int getCount()

Returns the number of AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements held by this container.

Returns:

the number of AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements held by this container

get

public AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement get(int index)

Returns the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement at the given index.

Parameters:

index - the index for which the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement should be returned

Returns:

the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement at the given index

get

public AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement get(String attrName)

Returns the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement for the given attribute name or null if none is contained for this attribute name.

Parameters:

attrName - the attribute name for which the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement should be returned

Returns:

the AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement for the given attribute name or null if none is contained for this attribute name

toArray

public AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement[] toArray()

Returns an array containing all AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements.

Returns:

an array containing all AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElements

iterator

public Iterator<AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement> iterator()

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<AttributeMetaData.MetaDataElement>