com.elasticpath.domain.attribute
Interface AttributeValue

All Superinterfaces:

EpDomain, Persistence, java.io.Serializable, ValueObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

AttributeValueWithType

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeValueImpl

public interface AttributeValue
extends ValueObject

AttributeValue is a value object which contains an Attribute value of a domain model, such as Category or Product.

Method Summary

Attribute	getAttribute() Get the Attribute corresponding to this value.
AttributeType	getAttributeType() Return the AttributeType of this attribute.
java.lang.String	getLocalizedAttributeKey() Get the localized attribute key used to get a handle on this attribute value, given the parent object to which the attribute belongs.
java.lang.String	getStringValue() Get the string value of the attribute.
java.lang.Object	getValue() Get the value of the attribute.
void	setAttribute(Attribute attribute) Get the attribute corresponding to this value.
void	setAttributeType(AttributeType attributeType) Set the AttributeType of this attribute.
void	setStringValue(java.lang.String stringValue) Set the value of the attribute based on the given string value.
void	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Set the value of the attribute.

Methods inherited from interface com.elasticpath.domain.Persistence

executeBeforePersistAction, getUidPk, isPersistent, setDefaultValues, setUidPk

Methods inherited from interface com.elasticpath.domain.EpDomain

getElasticPath, setElasticPath

Method Detail

getAttribute

Attribute getAttribute()

Get the Attribute corresponding to this value.

Returns:

the Attribute corresponding to this value

getAttributeType

AttributeType getAttributeType()

Return the AttributeType of this attribute.

Returns:

the AttributeType of this attribute

getLocalizedAttributeKey

java.lang.String getLocalizedAttributeKey()

Get the localized attribute key used to get a handle on this attribute value, given the parent object to which the attribute belongs. For localized attributes, this is the attribute key plus a "_" and language code. For non-localized attributes, the language code suffix is ommitted.

Returns:

the attribute key

getStringValue

java.lang.String getStringValue()

Get the string value of the attribute.

Returns:

the string value

getValue

java.lang.Object getValue()

Get the value of the attribute.

Returns:

the value

setAttribute

void setAttribute(Attribute attribute)

Get the attribute corresponding to this value.

Parameters:

attribute - the Attribute corresponding to this value

setAttributeType

void setAttributeType(AttributeType attributeType)

Set the AttributeType of this attribute.

Parameters:

attributeType - the attribute type.

setStringValue

void setStringValue(java.lang.String stringValue)
                    throws EpBindException

Set the value of the attribute based on the given string value.

Parameters:

stringValue - the string value to set

Throws:

EpBindException - in case the given string value is invalid

setValue

void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

Set the value of the attribute.

Parameters:

value - the value to set