nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property
Interface Property

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicProperty

public interface Property
extends java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable, Model

Class for defining a property on either actor, link, or graph

Field Summary

static int

ADD_VALUE

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.Object value) Add a new value to this property
Property	duplicate() create a deep copy of this property
java.lang.Class	getPropertyClass() Return the type of class that this property represents.
java.lang.String	getType() return this property's unique id
java.util.List	getValue() return array of all values.
void	setClass(java.lang.Class classType)
void	setType(java.lang.String id)

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

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

addListener

Field Detail

ADD_VALUE

static final int ADD_VALUE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

add

void add(java.lang.Object value)
         throws InvalidObjectTypeException

Add a new value to this property

Parameters:

value - new object to be added

Throws:

InvalidObjectTypeException

getType

java.lang.String getType()

return this property's unique id

Returns:

id of this object

getValue

java.util.List getValue()

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

Returns:

array of property values

setType

void setType(java.lang.String id)

setClass

void setClass(java.lang.Class classType)

duplicate

Property duplicate()

create a deep copy of this property

Returns:

deep copy of this property

getPropertyClass

java.lang.Class getPropertyClass()

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

Returns:

name of class types of objects