story.dbcore.attributes
Class NodeInstancingAttribute

java.lang.Object
  story.dbcore.attributes.Attribute
      story.dbcore.attributes.NodeInstancingAttribute

public class NodeInstancingAttribute
extends Attribute

Attribute concretizing Attribute abstract class for attributes that are NodeInstancings.

Constructor Summary

NodeInstancingAttribute()
Constructor with no initial value.

NodeInstancingAttribute(AttributeValue value)
Constructor with initial value.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(AttributeValue other) Determines whether one NodeInstancing attribute is equal to another.
boolean	greaterThan(AttributeValue other) Determines whether the attribute is greater than another attribute.
int	maxLength() All extending classes must report their maximum length.
AttributeValue	value() Get the attribute value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NodeInstancingAttribute

public NodeInstancingAttribute()

Constructor with no initial value.

NodeInstancingAttribute

public NodeInstancingAttribute(AttributeValue value)
                        throws Scheherexception

Constructor with initial value.

Throws:

Scheherexception

Method Detail

value

public AttributeValue value()
                     throws Scheherexception

Get the attribute value.

Throws:

Scheherexception

greaterThan

public boolean greaterThan(AttributeValue other)
                    throws Scheherexception

Determines whether the attribute is greater than another attribute. But since this required function doesn't make sense in the context of NodeInstancings, throw an exception.

Specified by:

greaterThan in class Attribute

Throws:

Scheherexception

equals

public boolean equals(AttributeValue other)
               throws Scheherexception

Determines whether one NodeInstancing attribute is equal to another.

Specified by:

equals in class Attribute

Throws:

Scheherexception

maxLength

public int maxLength()

Description copied from class: Attribute

All extending classes must report their maximum length.

Specified by:

maxLength in class Attribute