com.sas.entities
Class EntityAttr

com.sas.entities.EntityAttr

public class EntityAttr

EntityAttr is a helper class that organizes and maintains EntityInterface+AttributeDescriptor name entries for the AggregateEntity. An EntityAttr has the form of:

        [name of the EntityInterface].AttributeDescriptor name
 
        EntityAttr fooAttr = new EntityAttr("entityOne", "foo") --> [entityOne].foo
 

See Also:

AggregateEntity

Constructor Summary

EntityAttr(EntityInterface entity, java.lang.String attrName)
Constructor that uses an instance of EntityInterface and an AttributeDescriptor name to create an EntityAttr object.

EntityAttr(java.lang.String entityKey, java.lang.String attrName)
Constructor that uses an entity key and an AttributeDescriptor name to create an EntityAttr object.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object value) Returns a boolean indicating whether the object parameter is equal to the EntityAttr object.
java.lang.String	getAttrName() Returns the name of the EntityAttr.
EntityInterface	getEntity() Returns the Entity associated with the EntityAttr.
java.lang.String	getEntityKey() Returns the entity key of the Entity.
java.lang.String	getEntityName() Returns the name of the Entity associated with the EntityAttr.
void	setEntity(EntityInterface entity) Sets the Entity used to create the EntityAttr.
void	setEntityName(java.lang.String entityName) Sets the Entity name.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the EntityAttr.

Constructor Detail

EntityAttr

public EntityAttr(EntityInterface entity,
                  java.lang.String attrName)

Constructor that uses an instance of EntityInterface and an AttributeDescriptor name to create an EntityAttr object.

Parameters:

entity - instance of EntityInterface

attrName - AttributeDescriptor name

EntityAttr

public EntityAttr(java.lang.String entityKey,
                  java.lang.String attrName)

Constructor that uses an entity key and an AttributeDescriptor name to create an EntityAttr object.

Parameters:

entityKey - unique identitifer associated with an Entity

attrName - AttributeDescriptor name

See Also:

EntityKeyInterface

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object value)

Returns a boolean indicating whether the object parameter is equal to the EntityAttr object.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

value - object to be tested for equality

Returns:

true if the objects are equal; false otherwise

getAttrName

public java.lang.String getAttrName()

Returns the name of the EntityAttr.

Returns:

EntityAttr name

getEntity

public EntityInterface getEntity()

Returns the Entity associated with the EntityAttr.

Returns:

Entity associated with the EntityAttr

See Also:

setEntity(EntityInterface entity)

getEntityKey

public java.lang.String getEntityKey()

Returns the entity key of the Entity.

Returns:

unique identifier of the Entity

See Also:

EntityKeyInterface

getEntityName

public java.lang.String getEntityName()

Returns the name of the Entity associated with the EntityAttr.

Returns:

Entity name

See Also:

setEntityName(String entityName)

setEntity

public void setEntity(EntityInterface entity)

Sets the Entity used to create the EntityAttr.

Parameters:

entity - Entity associated with the EntityAttr

See Also:

getEntity(), EntityInterface

setEntityName

public void setEntityName(java.lang.String entityName)

Sets the Entity name.

Parameters:

entityName - name associated with the Entity

See Also:

getEntityName()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the EntityAttr.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation