com.endeca.infront.cartridge.model
Class Attribute<T>

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractCollection<E>
      java.util.AbstractList<E>
          java.util.ArrayList<T>
              com.endeca.infront.cartridge.model.Attribute<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the value(s) in this Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable<T>, Collection<T>, List<T>, RandomAccess

Direct Known Subclasses:

JsonAttribute, StringAttribute

public class Attribute<T>
extends ArrayList<T>

An ordered list of values that represents a record attribute that could be single valued or multi-valued. It provides a toString implementation that returns the first value in String form.

Note this class does not have the attribute name

See Also:

Record, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.AbstractList

modCount

Constructor Summary

Attribute()

Method Summary

String	toString()
String	toString(String delim) Uses the argument delimiter to separate multiple values in the list.

Methods inherited from class java.util.ArrayList

add, add, addAll, addAll, clear, clone, contains, ensureCapacity, get, indexOf, isEmpty, lastIndexOf, remove, remove, removeRange, set, size, toArray, toArray, trimToSize

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractList

equals, hashCode, iterator, listIterator, listIterator, subList

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractCollection

containsAll, removeAll, retainAll

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.List

containsAll, equals, hashCode, iterator, listIterator, listIterator, removeAll, retainAll, subList

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractCollection<T>

Returns:

The string representation of the first value in this attribute, empty String if the attribute has no values.

toString

public String toString(String delim)

Uses the argument delimiter to separate multiple values in the list. If a value in the attribute list is null, the empty string will be returned.

Returns:

A string containing the property value(s), separated by the passed delimiter if there are multiples. If this Attribute has no values, returns an empty String.