org.japano.metadata
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  org.japano.metadata.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

XMLNode

public class Attribute
extends java.lang.Object
implements XMLNode

A generic tag attribute.

Version:

$Id: Attribute.java,v 1.6 2005/11/18 19:58:03 fforw Exp $

Author:

Sven Helmberger ( sven dot helmberger at gmx dot de )

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	description
protected java.lang.String	name
protected boolean	required
protected boolean	rtexprvalue
protected java.lang.String	type

Constructor Summary

Attribute(java.lang.String name, boolean required, boolean rtexprvalue, java.lang.String type, java.lang.String description)

Method Summary

void	dumpInfo(java.lang.StringBuffer buf)
java.lang.String	getDescription()
java.lang.String	getName()
java.lang.String	getType()
boolean	isRequired()
java.lang.String	toString()
XMLElement	toXML() Creates an XMLElement from this XMLNode and its children.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected java.lang.String name

required

protected boolean required

rtexprvalue

protected boolean rtexprvalue

type

protected java.lang.String type

description

protected java.lang.String description

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name,
                 boolean required,
                 boolean rtexprvalue,
                 java.lang.String type,
                 java.lang.String description)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

isRequired

public boolean isRequired()

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

toXML

public XMLElement toXML()

Description copied from interface: XMLNode

Creates an XMLElement from this XMLNode and its children.

Specified by:

toXML in interface XMLNode

Returns:

XMLElement

dumpInfo

public void dumpInfo(java.lang.StringBuffer buf)