org.jdtaus.core.container
Class Argument

java.lang.Object
  org.jdtaus.core.container.ModelObject
      org.jdtaus.core.container.Argument

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class Argument
extends ModelObject
implements Cloneable, Serializable

Argument meta-data.

An argument consists of the properties index, name and type. Property index holds the index of the argument in a list of arguments. Property name holds the name uniquely identifying the argument in a set of arguments. Property type holds the type of the argument.

Version:

$Id: Argument.java 8044 2009-07-02 01:29:05Z schulte2005 $

Author:

Christian Schulte

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	TYPE_DATE Constant for property type.
static int	TYPE_NUMBER Constant for property type.
static int	TYPE_TEXT Constant for property type.
static int	TYPE_TIME Constant for property type.

Constructor Summary

Argument()

Method Summary

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object.
boolean	equals(Object o) Indicates whether some other object is equal to this one by comparing the values of all properties.
int	getIndex() Gets the index of the argument.
String	getName() Gets the name of the argument.
int	getType() Gets the type of the argument.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for this object.
void	setIndex(int value) Setter for property index.
void	setName(String value) Setter for property name.
void	setType(int value) Setter for property type.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class org.jdtaus.core.container.ModelObject

getDocumentation, getModelVersion, setDocumentation, setModelVersion

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TYPE_DATE

public static final int TYPE_DATE

Constant for property type.

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_NUMBER

public static final int TYPE_NUMBER

Constant for property type.

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_TEXT

public static final int TYPE_TEXT

Constant for property type.

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_TIME

public static final int TYPE_TIME

Constant for property type.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Argument

public Argument()

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object. This method performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a clone of this instance.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Indicates whether some other object is equal to this one by comparing the values of all properties.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - the reference object with which to compare.

Returns:

true if this object is the same as o; false otherwise.

getIndex

public int getIndex()

Gets the index of the argument.

Returns:

the index of the argument.

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of the argument.

Returns:

the name of the argument.

getType

public int getType()

Gets the type of the argument.

Returns:

the type of the argument.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash code value for this object.

setIndex

public void setIndex(int value)

Setter for property index.

Parameters:

value - the new index of the argument.

setName

public void setName(String value)

Setter for property name.

Parameters:

value - the new name of the argument.

setType

public void setType(int value)

Setter for property type.

Parameters:

value - the new type of the argument.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is not equal to one of the constants TYPE_NUMBER, TYPE_DATE, TYPE_TIME or TYPE_TEXT.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of the object.