Class Attribute<E extends Entity<E,A,R>, A extends Attribute<E,A,R>, R extends Relationship<E,A,R>>

java.lang.Object

org.apache.cayenne.map.Attribute<E,A,R>

All Implemented Interfaces:

XMLSerializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DbAttribute, ObjAttribute

public abstract class Attribute<E extends Entity<E,A,R>, A extends Attribute<E,A,R>, R extends Relationship<E,A,R>>
extends Object
implements XMLSerializable

Defines a property descriptor that is a part of an Entity. Two examples of things that are described by attributes are Java class properties and database table columns.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Entity<E,A,R>	entity
protected String	name

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Attribute()	Creates an unnamed Attribute.
Attribute(String name)	Creates a named Attribute.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder, ProjectNodeVisitor<?> delegate)	Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.
Entity<E,A,R>	getEntity()	Returns parent entity that holds this attribute.
String	getName()
void	setEntity(Entity<E,A,R> entity)	Sets parent entity that holds this attribute.
void	setName(String name)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

name

protected String name

entity

protected Entity<E extends Entity<E,A,R>, A extends Attribute<E,A,R>, R extends Relationship<E,A,R>> entity

Constructor Details

Attribute

public Attribute()

Creates an unnamed Attribute.

Attribute

public Attribute(String name)

Creates a named Attribute.

Method Details

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

encodeAsXML

public abstract void encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder,
 ProjectNodeVisitor<?> delegate)

Description copied from interface: XMLSerializable

Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.

Specified by:

encodeAsXML in interface XMLSerializable

getEntity

public Entity<E,A,R> getEntity()

Returns parent entity that holds this attribute.

setEntity

public void setEntity(Entity<E,A,R> entity)

Sets parent entity that holds this attribute.

getName

public String getName()

setName

public void setName(String name)