Class AttributeInfo

java.lang.Object

de.fho.jump.pirol.utilities.attributes.AttributeInfo

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

public class AttributeInfo
extends Object
implements Comparable

Class to store all information for a given attribute, so it can easily passed to e.g. to methods of the FeatureCollectionTools

Version:

$Rev$

Author:

Ole Rahn

FH Osnabrück - University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück,
Project: PIROL (2005),
Subproject: Daten- und Wissensmanagement

See Also:

• FeatureCollectionTools

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected String	attributeName
protected AttributeType	attributeType
protected int	dataBaseId	For attributes that have been loaded from the DB
protected int	index	attribute's index in a (given?)
protected Object	nullValue
protected String	uniqueAttributeName
protected String	unitIdentifier

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AttributeInfo(AttributeType attributeType, String attributeName)
AttributeInfo(AttributeType attributeType, String attributeName, Object nullValue)
AttributeInfo(String attributeName, Object nullValue)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static FeatureSchema	attributeInfoArray2FeatureSchema(AttributeInfo[] attributeInfos)	convenient method to convert an AttributeInfo array into a FeatureSchema
int	compareTo(Object theOtherObject)	In order for this to work, the attribute indices of this AttributeInfo object and of the other one has to be set, correctly!
String	getAttributeName()
AttributeType	getAttributeType()
int	getDataBaseId()
int	getIndex()
Object	getNullValue()
String	getUniqueAttributeName()
String	getUnitIdentifier()
static AttributeInfo[]	schema2AttributeInfoArray(FeatureSchema fs)	convenient method to convert a FeatureSchema into an AttributeInfo array
void	setAttributeName(String attributeName)
void	setAttributeType(AttributeType attributeType)
void	setDataBaseId(int dataBaseId)
void	setIndex(int index)
void	setNullValue(Object nullValue)
void	setUniqueAttributeName(String uniqueAttributeName)
void	setUnitIdentifier(String unitIdentifier)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

attributeType

protected AttributeType attributeType

attributeName

protected String attributeName

uniqueAttributeName

protected String uniqueAttributeName

unitIdentifier

protected String unitIdentifier

nullValue

protected Object nullValue

dataBaseId

protected int dataBaseId

For attributes that have been loaded from the DB

index

protected int index

attribute's index in a (given?) FeatureSchema

Constructor Details

AttributeInfo

public AttributeInfo(AttributeType attributeType,
 String attributeName,
 Object nullValue)

AttributeInfo

public AttributeInfo(AttributeType attributeType,
 String attributeName)

AttributeInfo

public AttributeInfo(String attributeName,
 Object nullValue)

Method Details

getAttributeName

public String getAttributeName()

getAttributeType

public AttributeType getAttributeType()

getIndex

public int getIndex()

setIndex

public void setIndex(int index)

getNullValue

public Object getNullValue()

getUniqueAttributeName

public String getUniqueAttributeName()

setUniqueAttributeName

public void setUniqueAttributeName(String uniqueAttributeName)

setAttributeName

public void setAttributeName(String attributeName)

setAttributeType

public void setAttributeType(AttributeType attributeType)

setNullValue

public void setNullValue(Object nullValue)

getUnitIdentifier

public String getUnitIdentifier()

setUnitIdentifier

public void setUnitIdentifier(String unitIdentifier)

schema2AttributeInfoArray

public static AttributeInfo[] schema2AttributeInfoArray(FeatureSchema fs)

convenient method to convert a FeatureSchema into an AttributeInfo array

Parameters:

fs - the FeatureSchema

Returns:

an array of AttributeInfos matching the FeatureSchema

attributeInfoArray2FeatureSchema

public static FeatureSchema attributeInfoArray2FeatureSchema(AttributeInfo[] attributeInfos)

convenient method to convert an AttributeInfo array into a FeatureSchema

Parameters:

attributeInfos - an array of AttributeInfos matching wanted in the FeatureSchema

Returns:

the desired FeatureSchema

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object theOtherObject)

In order for this to work, the attribute indices of this AttributeInfo object and of the other one has to be set, correctly!

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Parameters:

theOtherObject - the other Object

Returns:

see Comparable for

getDataBaseId

public int getDataBaseId()

setDataBaseId

public void setDataBaseId(int dataBaseId)