org.dasein.attributes.types
Class NameValuePairFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.dasein.attributes.DataTypeFactory<NameValuePair>
      org.dasein.attributes.types.NameValuePairFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class NameValuePairFactory
extends DataTypeFactory<NameValuePair>

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Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

NameValuePairFactory.NameValuePairAttribute

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.dasein.attributes.DataTypeFactory

DataTypeFactory.Constraint

Field Summary

static String

TYPE_NAME

Constructor Summary

NameValuePairFactory()

Method Summary

Translator<String>	getDisplayName() Provides a multi-lingual display name for this data type.
String	getStringValue(Object ob) Converts the specified value to a string representation for storage.
DataType<NameValuePair>	getType(boolean ml, boolean mv, boolean req, String... params) Provides access to the underlying data type object that governs this data type.
DataType<NameValuePair>	getType(String grp, Number idx, boolean ml, boolean mv, boolean req, String... params) Provides access to the underlying data type object that governs this data type.
String	getTypeName()

Methods inherited from class org.dasein.attributes.DataTypeFactory

getConstraint, getConstraints, getDisplayValue, getDisplayValue, getInstance, getTypes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TYPE_NAME

public static final String TYPE_NAME

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

NameValuePairFactory

public NameValuePairFactory()

Method Detail

getDisplayName

public Translator<String> getDisplayName()

Description copied from class: DataTypeFactory

Provides a multi-lingual display name for this data type.

Specified by:

getDisplayName in class DataTypeFactory<NameValuePair>

Returns:

the display name for the data type

getStringValue

public String getStringValue(Object ob)

Description copied from class: DataTypeFactory

Converts the specified value to a string representation for storage.

Overrides:

getStringValue in class DataTypeFactory<NameValuePair>

Parameters:

ob - the object to be converted

Returns:

a string representation for storage

getTypeName

public String getTypeName()

Specified by:

getTypeName in class DataTypeFactory<NameValuePair>

Returns:

the name of this data type

getType

public DataType<NameValuePair> getType(boolean ml,
                                       boolean mv,
                                       boolean req,
                                       String... params)

Description copied from class: DataTypeFactory

Provides access to the underlying data type object that governs this data type. The configurable rules for the data type are provided as parameters.

Specified by:

getType in class DataTypeFactory<NameValuePair>

Parameters:

ml - is the data type multi-lingual?

mv - is the data type multi-valued?

req - is a value for the data type required?

params - arbitrary parameters with meaning dependent on the underlying type

Returns:

a data type object for the specified type

getType

public DataType<NameValuePair> getType(String grp,
                                       Number idx,
                                       boolean ml,
                                       boolean mv,
                                       boolean req,
                                       String... params)

Description copied from class: DataTypeFactory

Provides access to the underlying data type object that governs this data type. The configurable rules for the data type are provided as parameters.

Specified by:

getType in class DataTypeFactory<NameValuePair>

Parameters:

grp - the group of the data type.

idx - the index of the data type.

ml - is the data type multi-lingual?

mv - is the data type multi-valued?

req - is a value for the data type required?

params - arbitrary parameters with meaning dependent on the underlying type

Returns:

a data type object for the specified type