Class AttributeTuple

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.AbstractCollection
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        +--java.util.AbstractList
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              +--java.util.Vector
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                    +--AttributeTuple

All Implemented Interfaces:

CarFace, java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Collection, java.util.List, java.io.Serializable

public class AttributeTuple

extends java.util.Vector

implements java.io.Serializable, CarFace

An AttributeTuple is a vector of Attributes.

See the Basic Terminology section of the User Manual for a description and how AttributeTuples form part of CAR's data structure..

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class java.util.Vector

capacityIncrement, elementCount, elementData

Fields inherited from class java.util.AbstractList

modCount

Fields inherited from interface CarFace

BOOLEAN_LITERAL, COLLECTION, DOUBLE_LITERAL, EXTERNAL, grammarNames, INTERNAL, KEYPHRASE, LITERALcapacityIncrement, LITERALinitialCapacity, MARKUP, SERIAL, SESSION, STRING_LITERAL, STRINGVALUE_LITERAL

Constructor Summary

AttributeTuple()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone()
java.lang.String	getValue(java.lang.String name) gets the value of the name="value" attribute pair, using the provided name.
boolean	hasAttribute(java.lang.String name) indicates whether the named attribute exists within this object (case of name is unimportant)
int	numberOfAttributes() returns the number of Attributes in the AttributeTuple
void	removeAttribute(java.lang.String name) removes the attribute with the provided name.
boolean	same(AttributeTuple at) indicates whether this AttributeTuple contains the same attributeTuple (same name=value pairs - order insignificant) as the provided one
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) sets an attribute to the given name="value" pair.
static void	t(java.lang.String s) Provides trace output of string if -dAttributeTuple on command line of CAR run
java.lang.String	toString() converts the object to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Vector

add, add, addAll, addAll, addElement, capacity, clear, contains, containsAll, copyInto, elementAt, elements, ensureCapacity, equals, firstElement, get, hashCode, indexOf, indexOf, insertElementAt, isEmpty, lastElement, lastIndexOf, lastIndexOf, remove, remove, removeAll, removeAllElements, removeElement, removeElementAt, removeRange, retainAll, set, setElementAt, setSize, size, subList, toArray, toArray, trimToSize

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractList

iterator, listIterator, listIterator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.List

iterator, listIterator, listIterator

Constructor Detail

AttributeTuple

public AttributeTuple()

Method Detail

t

public static final void t(java.lang.String s)

Provides trace output of string if -dAttributeTuple on command line of CAR run

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.util.Vector

numberOfAttributes

public int numberOfAttributes()

returns the number of Attributes in the AttributeTuple

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue(java.lang.String name)

gets the value of the name="value" attribute pair, using the provided name.

Returns:

string value (or null if an attribute with the provided name does not exist)

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)

removes the attribute with the provided name. No action if an attribute with the provided name does not exist.

Parameters:

name - the name of an attribute.

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.String value)

sets an attribute to the given name="value" pair. If the named attribute already exists its value is overwritten, otherwise the new Attribute is added to the end of the ValueTuple.

same

public boolean same(AttributeTuple at)

indicates whether this AttributeTuple contains the same attributeTuple (same name=value pairs - order insignificant) as the provided one

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String name)

indicates whether the named attribute exists within this object (case of name is unimportant)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

converts the object to a string. The format of the string is consistent with the textual representation of an AttributeTuple, as read from file by CAR.

Overrides:

toString in class java.util.Vector

Returns:

a string represention of the AttributeTuple.