com.bea.schema
Class SOMAttribute

java.lang.Object
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        +--com.bea.schema.SOMBasic
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              +--com.bea.schema.SOMAttribute

public class SOMAttribute

extends SOMBasic

<attribute> The XML representation for an attribute declaration schema component is an <attribute> element information item. It specifies a simple type definition for an attribute either by reference or explicitly, and may provide default information.

Author:

Copyright © 2000, 2001 BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

See Also:

SOMSchema, Serialized Form

Field Summary

static short	DEFAULT Deprecated. replaced by default attribute
static short	FIXED Deprecated. replaced by fixed attribute
static short	OPTIONAL
static short	PROHIBITED
static short	REQUIRED

Constructor Summary

protected	SOMAttribute(org.xml.sax.Attributes attrs, SOMObject parent) constructor for use with SAX parser, loading SOM from a file.
	SOMAttribute(java.lang.String name) Construct an <attribute> where type is defaulted to SOMType.STRING
	SOMAttribute(java.lang.String name, SOMType type) Construct an <attribute>

Method Summary

java.util.Map	getAttributes(boolean getAll) retrieve the attributes for this schema element.
java.lang.String	getDefault() get the "default" attribute.
java.lang.String	getFixed() get the "fixed" attribute.
java.lang.String	getID() <xsd:attribute>
short	getUse() get the "use" attribute.
java.lang.String	getUseString() get the "use" attribute.
java.lang.String	getValue() Deprecated. "fixed" and "default" attributes replaced "value"
SOMType	setType(SOMType type) Valid types for SOMAttribute are SOMElementalType's, SOMSimpleType, and SOMAnnotation
void	setUse(short p_use) set the use attribute.
void	setUse(java.lang.String p_use) set the use attribute.
void	setValue(java.lang.String p_value) Deprecated. "fixed" and "default" attributes replaced "value"

Methods inherited from class com.bea.schema.SOMBasic

addAnnotation, addAnnotation, addChild, addComplexType, addDocumentation, addSequence, addSimpleType, contains, getAnnotation, getForm, getName, getRef, getType, isRef, isValidatingContent, removeAnnotation, setDefault, setFixed, setForm, setName, setRef, setRef, toXML

Methods inherited from class com.bea.schema.SOMObject

attributesToXML, doIndent, getID_UQ, getParent, getParentSchema, isCircularReference, isSchemaChild, removeNamespaceQualifier, setIndent, setParent, toString, toXML, toXML, toXML, trace, trace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

OPTIONAL

public static final short OPTIONAL

PROHIBITED

public static final short PROHIBITED

REQUIRED

public static final short REQUIRED

DEFAULT

public static final short DEFAULT

Deprecated. replaced by default attribute

Since:

May 2, 2001

FIXED

public static final short FIXED

Deprecated. replaced by fixed attribute

Since:

May 2, 2001

Constructor Detail

SOMAttribute

public SOMAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Construct an <attribute> where type is defaulted to SOMType.STRING

Parameters:

name - <attribute name="...">

SOMAttribute

public SOMAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                    SOMType type)

Construct an <attribute>

Parameters:

name - <attribute name="...">

type - <attribute type="..."> If the type parameter is null, the default type is set to SOMType.STRING.

SOMAttribute

protected SOMAttribute(org.xml.sax.Attributes attrs,
                       SOMObject parent)

constructor for use with SAX parser, loading SOM from a file.

Parameters:

attrs -

Method Detail

setType

public SOMType setType(SOMType type)

Valid types for SOMAttribute are SOMElementalType's, SOMSimpleType, and SOMAnnotation

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

a reference to the SOMType object that was just inserted as 'type'

Overrides:

setType in class SOMBasic

setUse

public void setUse(java.lang.String p_use)

set the use attribute. Valid values for use are optional, prohibited, required, default, and fixed. Any other value will throw an IllegalArgumentException

Parameters:

p_use - optional, prohibited, required, default, and fixed.

setUse

public void setUse(short p_use)

set the use attribute. Valid values for use are the constants OPTIONAL, PROHIBITED, REQUIRED, DEFAULT, and FIXED. Any other value will throw an IllegalArgumentException.

Parameters:

p_use - OPTIONAL, PROHIBITED, REQUIRED, DEFAULT, and FIXED.

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String p_value)

Deprecated. "fixed" and "default" attributes replaced "value"

set the value attribute. A value is required if the use attribute is set to default or fixed.

Parameters:

p_value -

Since:

Mar 16, 2001

getUse

public short getUse()

get the "use" attribute. optional | prohibited | required

getUseString

public java.lang.String getUseString()

get the "use" attribute. optional | prohibited | required

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Deprecated. "fixed" and "default" attributes replaced "value"

Returns:

value attribute

Since:

Mar 16, 2001

getFixed

public java.lang.String getFixed()

get the "fixed" attribute.

Overrides:

getFixed in class SOMBasic

getDefault

public java.lang.String getDefault()

get the "default" attribute.

Overrides:

getDefault in class SOMBasic

getID

public java.lang.String getID()

<xsd:attribute>

Overrides:

getID in class SOMObject

getAttributes

public java.util.Map getAttributes(boolean getAll)

retrieve the attributes for this schema element. If getAll is false, only the attributes that are not set to their default value are returned. If getAll is true, all possible attributes for this element will be returned.

Parameters:

getAll - get all attributes

Returns:

a Hashtable of attributes, where the attribute name and value are stored as strings.

Overrides:

getAttributes in class SOMBasic