nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property
Class BasicProperty

java.lang.Object
  nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.model.ModelShell
      nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property.BasicProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable, Model, Property

public class BasicProperty
extends ModelShell
implements Property

Class describing properties on graphs and actors

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.model.ModelShell

listener

Fields inherited from interface nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property.Property

ADD_VALUE

Constructor Summary

BasicProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type)
Creates a new instance of BasicProperty

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.Object value) Add a new value to this property
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
Property	duplicate() create a deep copy of this property
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
java.lang.Class	getPropertyClass() Return the type of class that this property represents.
java.lang.String	getType() return this property's unique id
java.lang.Object[]	getValue() return array of all values.

Methods inherited from class nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.model.ModelShell

addListener, fireChange

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.model.Model

addListener

Constructor Detail

BasicProperty

public BasicProperty(java.lang.String name,
                     java.lang.Class type)

Creates a new instance of BasicProperty

Parameters:

name - id for this property

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Object[] getValue()

Description copied from interface: Property

return array of all values. Returns an empty array if no properties are present

Specified by:

getValue in interface Property

Returns:

array of property values

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Description copied from interface: Property

return this property's unique id

Specified by:

getType in interface Property

Returns:

id of this object

add

public void add(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: Property

Add a new value to this property

Specified by:

add in interface Property

Parameters:

value - new object to be added

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
              throws java.lang.ClassCastException

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

duplicate

public Property duplicate()

Description copied from interface: Property

create a deep copy of this property

Specified by:

duplicate in interface Property

Returns:

deep copy of this property

getPropertyClass

public java.lang.Class getPropertyClass()

Description copied from interface: Property

Return the type of class that this property represents. All objects in one property must be of the same type.

Specified by:

getPropertyClass in interface Property

Returns:

name of class types of objects