edu.vt.middleware.ed
Class AbstractAttribute

java.lang.Object
  edu.vt.middleware.ed.AbstractDataType
      edu.vt.middleware.ed.AbstractAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Attribute, DataType, Serializable, Comparable<DataType>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddressAttribute, EmailAttribute, EntitlementAttribute, GroupAttribute, PersonAttribute, ServiceAttribute

public abstract class AbstractAttribute
extends AbstractDataType
implements Attribute, Serializable

Contains methods common to all attributes.

Version:

$Revision: 6592 $

Author:

Daniel Fisher

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private static long

serialVersionUID Serialization version marker

Fields inherited from class edu.vt.middleware.ed.AbstractDataType

HASH_CODE_SEED

Constructor Summary

AbstractAttribute()

Method Summary

String	getAttributeDescription() This returns the attribute description.
String	getAttributeName() This returns the attribute name.
void	setAttributeDescription(String s) This sets the attribute description.
void	setAttributeName(String s) This sets the attribute name.

Methods inherited from class edu.vt.middleware.ed.AbstractDataType

compareTo, equals, getDataType, getTypeCode, getTypeName, hashCode, setTypeCode, setTypeName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

Serialization version marker

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractAttribute

public AbstractAttribute()

Method Detail

getAttributeName

public String getAttributeName()

This returns the attribute name.

Specified by:

getAttributeName in interface Attribute

Returns:

String - name

setAttributeName

public void setAttributeName(String s)

This sets the attribute name.

Specified by:

setAttributeName in interface Attribute

Parameters:

s - String to set

getAttributeDescription

public String getAttributeDescription()

This returns the attribute description.

Specified by:

getAttributeDescription in interface Attribute

Returns:

String - description

setAttributeDescription

public void setAttributeDescription(String s)

This sets the attribute description.

Specified by:

setAttributeDescription in interface Attribute

Parameters:

s - String to set