uk.ac.ic.doc.rodex.reps
Class AttributeDomain

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ic.doc.rodex.reps.AttributeDomain

All Implemented Interfaces:

PersistentObject

public class AttributeDomain
extends java.lang.Object
implements PersistentObject

AttributeDomain.java Represents an attribute's domain

Author:

Duc M Le dmle@doc.ic.ac.uk

Constructor Summary

AttributeDomain(java.lang.String attribute, int lower, int upper, int numRanges)
Creates a new instance of AttributeDomain

Method Summary

static AttributeDomain	deserialise(java.util.Map pa) This method guarantees that a PersistentObject can be deserialised properly from its own set of persistent attributes.
PersistentKey	getKey()
java.util.Map	getPersistentAttributes()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeDomain

public AttributeDomain(java.lang.String attribute,
                       int lower,
                       int upper,
                       int numRanges)

Creates a new instance of AttributeDomain

Method Detail

getKey

public PersistentKey getKey()

Specified by:

getKey in interface PersistentObject

getPersistentAttributes

public java.util.Map getPersistentAttributes()

Specified by:

getPersistentAttributes in interface PersistentObject

deserialise

public static AttributeDomain deserialise(java.util.Map pa)
                                   throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

This method guarantees that a PersistentObject can be deserialised properly from its own set of persistent attributes. It is a reverse of getPersistentAttributes()

Parameters:

pa - a HashMap of persistent attributes (created by {@link #getPersistentAttributes())

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object