net.openwings.identity
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class Attribute

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

This class is a universal attribute used throughout Openwings. An attribute is defined as a name-value pair, where the name is a String and the value is any serializable Java Object

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Attribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)
This simple constructor creates an Attribute with the given name and value.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() This method returns the name / key for the attribute
java.lang.Object	getValue() This method returns the value of the attribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.Object value)

This simple constructor creates an Attribute with the given name and value.

Parameters:

name - name of the attribute

value - value of the attribute

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

This method returns the name / key for the attribute

Returns:

name of the attribute

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

This method returns the value of the attribute

Returns:

serializable Java object