de.uni_hildesheim.sse.monitoring.runtime.configuration

Class AttributeMetaData

java.lang.Object

de.uni_hildesheim.sse.monitoring.runtime.configuration.AttributeMetaData

public class AttributeMetaData
extends java.lang.Object

Defines an attribute of an annotation.

Since:

1.00

Version:

1.00

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private java.lang.Object	deflt Specifies the default value (to be automatically synchronized in future with the annotations).
private java.lang.String	name Defines the name of the attribute, i.e. the name of the value in the XML file and the related "method" of the annotation.
private java.lang.Class<?>	type Stores the type of the attribute.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AttributeMetaData(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Creates a metadata object from a method.
AttributeMetaData(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object deflt, java.lang.Class<?> type) Creates an attribute metadata object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getDefault() Returns the default value of the attribute / element.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the attribute / element.
java.lang.Class<?>	getType() Returns the type of the attribute / element.
boolean	isNested() Returns whether this attribute is nested into non-registered elements.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a textual description.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

private java.lang.String name

Defines the name of the attribute, i.e. the name of the value in the XML file and the related "method" of the annotation.

deflt

private java.lang.Object deflt

Specifies the default value (to be automatically synchronized in future with the annotations).

type

private java.lang.Class<?> type

Stores the type of the attribute.

Constructor Detail

AttributeMetaData

public AttributeMetaData(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Creates a metadata object from a method.

Parameters:

method - the method to extract the metadata from

Since:

1.00

AttributeMetaData

public AttributeMetaData(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.Object deflt,
                         java.lang.Class<?> type)

Creates an attribute metadata object.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

deflt - the default value (null if none is defined)

type - its type

Since:

1.00

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the attribute / element.

Returns:

the key

getDefault

public java.lang.Object getDefault()

Returns the default value of the attribute / element.

Returns:

the default value (null if there is none)

getType

public java.lang.Class<?> getType()

Returns the type of the attribute / element.

Returns:

the type

isNested

public boolean isNested()

Returns whether this attribute is nested into non-registered elements.

Returns:

currently false as default

Since:

1.00

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a textual description.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the textual description