gov.usda.gdpc
Class AbstractProperty

java.lang.Object
  gov.usda.gdpc.AbstractProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, Property

Direct Known Subclasses:

EnvironmentExperimentProperty, GenotypeExperimentProperty, GenotypeProperty, LocalityProperty, LocusProperty, PhenotypeOntologyProperty, PhenotypeProperty, TaxonProperty

public abstract class AbstractProperty

extends java.lang.Object

implements Property

Author:

terryc

Constructor Summary

AbstractProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class dataType, java.lang.String propertyType, java.lang.String propertySubType)
AbstractProperty constructor.

AbstractProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String dataType, java.lang.String propertyType, java.lang.String propertySubType)
AbstractProperty constructor.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o) Compares two properties to determine there order based on the alphabetical order of the property name.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) This method made final to prevent overriding Object.equals.
java.lang.Class	getDataType() Returns the data type of this property
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this property
java.lang.String	getSubType() Get subtype of this property.
java.lang.String	getType() Get type of this property.
int	hashCode() This method made final to prevent overriding Object.hashCode.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns string representation of this property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractProperty

public AbstractProperty(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String dataType,
                        java.lang.String propertyType,
                        java.lang.String propertySubType)

AbstractProperty constructor.

Parameters:

name - property name

dataType - data type of this property (class name)

propertyType - property type

propertySubType - property subtype

AbstractProperty

public AbstractProperty(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.Class dataType,
                        java.lang.String propertyType,
                        java.lang.String propertySubType)

AbstractProperty constructor.

Parameters:

name - property name

dataType - data type of this property (class)

propertyType - property type

propertySubType - property subtype

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns string representation of this property.

Returns:

string representation

getDataType

public java.lang.Class getDataType()

Returns the data type of this property

Specified by:

getDataType in interface Property

Returns:

data type (class name)

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this property

Specified by:

getName in interface Property

Returns:

name

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

This method made final to prevent overriding Object.equals.

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

This method made final to prevent overriding Object.hashCode.

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Compares two properties to determine there order based on the alphabetical order of the property name.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

o - the object to be compared

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the specified object's type prevents it from being compared to this Object.

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Get type of this property.

Specified by:

getType in interface Property

Returns:

type

getSubType

public java.lang.String getSubType()

Get subtype of this property.

Specified by:

getSubType in interface Property

Returns:

subtype