net.sourceforge.nite.meta
Interface NAttribute

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NiteAttribute

public interface NAttribute

NAttribute describes an attribute along with its valid values if it is enumerated.

Field Summary

static int	ENUMERATED_ATTRIBUTE
static int	NUMBER_ATTRIBUTE
static int	STRING_ATTRIBUTE

Method Summary

java.util.List	getEnumeratedValues() Find the possible stringvalues for this attribute - returns a List of Strings
java.lang.String	getName() returns the name of the attribute
int	getType() returns one of STRING_ATTRIBUTE, NUMBER_ATTRIBUTE or ENUMERATED_ATTRIBUTE.
boolean	isSerialized() returns true if the attribute should be serialized
void	setSerialized(boolean bool) set whether this attribute will be serialized if the corpus is saved.

Field Detail

STRING_ATTRIBUTE

static final int STRING_ATTRIBUTE

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Constant Field Values

NUMBER_ATTRIBUTE

static final int NUMBER_ATTRIBUTE

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ENUMERATED_ATTRIBUTE

static final int ENUMERATED_ATTRIBUTE

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Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

returns the name of the attribute

getType

int getType()

returns one of STRING_ATTRIBUTE, NUMBER_ATTRIBUTE or ENUMERATED_ATTRIBUTE.

getEnumeratedValues

java.util.List getEnumeratedValues()

Find the possible stringvalues for this attribute - returns a List of Strings

isSerialized

boolean isSerialized()

returns true if the attribute should be serialized

setSerialized

void setSerialized(boolean bool)

set whether this attribute will be serialized if the corpus is saved. This affects both the metadata and the associated NOM data.