net.time4j.engine

Interface AttributeKey<A>

Type Parameters:

A - generic immutable type of attribute value

public interface AttributeKey<A>

Defines a key for a format attribute as type-safe accessor.

Attributes are constrained to types which are immutable and serializable. If there are predefined attributes then the associated keys are to be used via the corresponding constants in the class Attributes instead of creating new ones.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

See Also:

AttributeQuery

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	name() Name of associated format attribute.
Class<A>	type() Typ des assoziierten Formatattributs.

Method Detail

name

String name()

Name of associated format attribute.

Returns:

String

type

Class<A> type()

Typ des assoziierten Formatattributs.

Returns:

Class