org.apache.cayenne.map

Class Attribute

java.lang.Object

org.apache.cayenne.map.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, CayenneMapEntry, XMLSerializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DbAttribute, ObjAttribute

public abstract class Attribute
extends Object
implements CayenneMapEntry, XMLSerializable, Serializable

Defines a property descriptor that is a part of an Entity. Two examples of things that are described by attributes are Java class properties and database table columns.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Entity	entity
protected String	name

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Attribute() Creates an unnamed Attribute.
Attribute(String name) Creates a named Attribute.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder) Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.
Entity	getEntity() Returns parent entity that holds this attribute.
String	getName() Returns the name property of this object.
Object	getParent() Returns the parent map.
void	setEntity(Entity entity) Sets parent entity that holds this attribute.
void	setName(String name)
void	setParent(Object parent) Stores the parent map.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected String name

entity

protected Entity entity

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute()

Creates an unnamed Attribute.

Attribute

public Attribute(String name)

Creates a named Attribute.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

encodeAsXML

public abstract void encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder)

Description copied from interface: XMLSerializable

Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.

Specified by:

encodeAsXML in interface XMLSerializable

getEntity

public Entity getEntity()

Returns parent entity that holds this attribute.

setEntity

public void setEntity(Entity entity)

Sets parent entity that holds this attribute.

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: CayenneMapEntry

Returns the name property of this object.

Specified by:

getName in interface CayenneMapEntry

Returns:

name of this entry.

setName

public void setName(String name)

getParent

public Object getParent()

Description copied from interface: CayenneMapEntry

Returns the parent map.

Specified by:

getParent in interface CayenneMapEntry

setParent

public void setParent(Object parent)

Description copied from interface: CayenneMapEntry

Stores the parent map.

Specified by:

setParent in interface CayenneMapEntry