com.bea.ales.management.common
Interface ConstAttributeElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

AttributeElement

public interface ConstAttributeElement

extends java.lang.Cloneable

ConstAttributeElement represents a read-only attribute. This interface provides only the "getter" methods. Attribute is a name value pair.

See Also:

AttributeElement

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Perform deep copy
java.lang.String	getASIType() Get the attribute type name.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the attribute Name.
java.lang.Object	getValue() Get the attribute value.
java.lang.Object	getValueAs(java.lang.Class type) Attempts to convert this attribute value to the supplied type.
boolean	isList() Determines if this is a multi-valued attribute.

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Perform deep copy

Returns:

the clone instance

getASIType

public java.lang.String getASIType()

Get the attribute type name.

Returns:

the type name of this attribute.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Get the attribute Name.

Returns:

the name of the attribute.

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Get the attribute value.

Returns:

the value of the attribute. If the attribute has multiple values, java.util.Collection will be returned.

isList

public boolean isList()

Determines if this is a multi-valued attribute.

Returns:

true if this is multi-valued attribute, false if this is not.

getValueAs

public java.lang.Object getValueAs(java.lang.Class type)
                            throws ManagementException,
                                   BadParameterException,
                                   InvalidTypeException,
                                   TypeConversionException

Attempts to convert this attribute value to the supplied type.

Parameters:

type - the type can be one of the following classes:

• Boolean
• Date
• DayOfWeek
• InetAddress
• Month
• Object
• String
• Time

Returns:

the converted value of the attribute as the specified type.

Throws:

InvalidTypeException - if the specified type is not valid.

TypeConversionException - if if fails to perform the conversion.

BadParameterException - if parameter is not correct.

ManagementException - if operation fails.