org.indi.objects
Class Element

java.lang.Object
  org.indi.objects.Object<Object>
      org.indi.objects.Element

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Blob, Light, Number, Switch, Text

public abstract class Element
extends Object<Object>
implements java.io.Serializable

A class representing a single indielement to be accomodated by an indivector

Author:

Dirk Hünniger

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	label the label of the indielement to be uses in a GUI
protected java.lang.String	name the name of the indielement to identify it uniquely
protected java.lang.String	value the value of the indielement

Fields inherited from class org.indi.objects.Object

children, message, transferType

Constructor Summary

Element(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String label, java.lang.String value)
class constructor

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getEndTag(TransferType type) Get the closing XML tag for the element
java.lang.String	getName()
java.lang.String	getStartTag(TransferType type) Get the opening XML tag for the element
protected abstract java.lang.String	getType()
java.lang.String	getValue(TransferType type) get the value of the indielement
java.lang.String	getXML(TransferType type)
int	hashCode()
boolean	oEquals(Object o) Check the equality with an other object, exculding subobject.
void	setValue(java.lang.String value) set the value of the indielement

Methods inherited from class org.indi.objects.Object

equals, getChildren, getMessage, getTransferType, getXML, setTransferType, treeEquals

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

value

protected java.lang.String value

the value of the indielement

label

protected java.lang.String label

the label of the indielement to be uses in a GUI

name

protected java.lang.String name

the name of the indielement to identify it uniquely

Constructor Detail

Element

public Element(java.lang.String name,
               java.lang.String label,
               java.lang.String value)

class constructor

Parameters:

name - the name of the indielement (unique identiyer)

label - the label of the indielement (for use in GUI)

value - the indielement (the data it carries)

Method Detail

getType

protected abstract java.lang.String getType()

Returns:

the type of the indi element

getStartTag

public java.lang.String getStartTag(TransferType type)

Get the opening XML tag for the element

Parameters:

type - the transfertype to be used

Returns:

the generated opening tag

getEndTag

public java.lang.String getEndTag(TransferType type)

Get the closing XML tag for the element

Parameters:

type - the transfertype to be used

Returns:

the generated closing tag

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue(TransferType type)

get the value of the indielement

Parameters:

type - the treansfertype to be used

Returns:

the value of the indiobject

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String value)

set the value of the indielement

Parameters:

value - the new value to be set

getXML

public java.lang.String getXML(TransferType type)

Parameters:

type - the transfertype to be used

Returns:

an xml representation of the indielement

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

the name of the indielement

oEquals

public boolean oEquals(Object o)

Description copied from class: Object

Check the equality with an other object, exculding subobject. So the equality of children etc. is ignored

Specified by:

oEquals in class Object<Object>

Returns:

true if the given object is equal to this object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in class Object<Object>