org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository
Class BaseAttribute

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject
      org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.BaseAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Identifiable, ModelObjectBasic, ModelObjectComplete, BaseAttributeContract

public abstract class BaseAttribute
extends AbstractDataTransferObject
implements BaseAttributeContract

abstract base model object for KRMS Attribute immutables.

See Also:

BaseAttributeContract, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class	BaseAttribute.Builder This builder is used to construct the fields that BaseAttribute is responsible for.
static class	BaseAttribute.Elements A protected class which exposes constants which define the XML element names to use when this object is marshalled to XML.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject

AbstractDataTransferObject.Constants

Constructor Summary

protected	BaseAttribute() This constructor should only be called by the private default constructor of subclasses, which should only be used by JAXB and never invoked directly.
protected	BaseAttribute(BaseAttribute.Builder builder) Constructs a BaseAttribute from the given builder.

Method Summary

KrmsAttributeDefinition	getAttributeDefinition() Returns a KrmsAttributeDefinitionContract.
String	getAttributeDefinitionId() Returns the id of the attribute definition.
String	getId() The unique identifier for an object.
String	getValue() Returns the value of the attribute

Methods inherited from class org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject

afterUnmarshal, beforeUnmarshal, equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseAttribute

protected BaseAttribute()

This constructor should only be called by the private default constructor of subclasses, which should only be used by JAXB and never invoked directly.

BaseAttribute

protected BaseAttribute(BaseAttribute.Builder builder)

Constructs a BaseAttribute from the given builder. This constructor is protected and should only ever be invoked from the builder.

Parameters:

builder - the Builder from which to construct the BaseAttribute

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

Description copied from interface: Identifiable

The unique identifier for an object. This can be null.

Specified by:

getId in interface Identifiable

Returns:

the id

getAttributeDefinitionId

public String getAttributeDefinitionId()

Description copied from interface: BaseAttributeContract

Returns the id of the attribute definition.

The attribute definition contains metadata about the attribute. This is a required field and may not be null or blank. Many attribute instances may share the same attribute definition.

Specified by:

getAttributeDefinitionId in interface BaseAttributeContract

Returns:

the attribute definition id

getValue

public String getValue()

Description copied from interface: BaseAttributeContract

Returns the value of the attribute

Specified by:

getValue in interface BaseAttributeContract

Returns:

the value of the attribute

getAttributeDefinition

public KrmsAttributeDefinition getAttributeDefinition()

Description copied from interface: BaseAttributeContract

Returns a KrmsAttributeDefinitionContract.

This is the object referred to by the attributeDefinitionId. The full object is also kept here for performance purposes. This is because the name of the attribute is referenced often for resolving name / value attribute pairs.

Specified by:

getAttributeDefinition in interface BaseAttributeContract

Returns:

the attribute definition