com.fatwire.assetapi.data
Interface AttributeData

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeDataImpl

public interface AttributeData

This interface represents data that is associated with an attribute.

The name of the attribute can be accessed using AttributeData.getAttributeName(). AttributeData.getData() returns data associated with the attribute, the return type for which is based in the type of attribute. Type can be inspected using AttributeData.getType().

The following table maps CS types to the Java types that AttributeData.getData() returns.

CS Data type	Java Type
INT	Integer
FLOAT	Double
STRING	String
DATE	Date
MONEY	Double
LONG	Long
LARGE_TEXT	String
ASSET	AssetId
BLOB	BlobObject

Method Summary

void	addData(java.lang.Object data) append a data to the AttributeData list if the attribute is multi-valued.
AttributeDef	getAttributeDef() Returns attribute definition for this attribute.
java.lang.String	getAttributeName() Returns name of the attribute for which this instance represents data
java.lang.Object	getData() Returns handle to the raw data.
java.util.List	getDataAsList() Returns handle to data when data is multi valued.
AttributeTypeEnum	getType() Indicates the type of data contained.
void	removeData(java.lang.Object data) remove a data from the attribute
void	setData(java.lang.Object data) sets data to the AttributeData
void	setDataAsList(java.util.List data) sets data aslist to the AttributeData

Method Detail

getAttributeName

java.lang.String getAttributeName()

Returns name of the attribute for which this instance represents data

Returns:

name of the attribute

getType

AttributeTypeEnum getType()

Indicates the type of data contained.

Returns:

corresponding type as AttributeTypeEnum

getData

java.lang.Object getData()

Returns handle to the raw data.

Returns:

data

getAttributeDef

AttributeDef getAttributeDef()

Returns attribute definition for this attribute.

Returns:

Attribute definition for which this instance is data for.

getDataAsList

java.util.List getDataAsList()

Returns handle to data when data is multi valued.

Returns:

list of data (for multi valued attributes)

setData

void setData(java.lang.Object data)

sets data to the AttributeData

Parameters:

data - data to add

setDataAsList

void setDataAsList(java.util.List data)

sets data aslist to the AttributeData

Parameters:

data - data to add

addData

void addData(java.lang.Object data)

append a data to the AttributeData list if the attribute is multi-valued. Else it will replace the exisiting data

Parameters:

data - data to add

removeData

void removeData(java.lang.Object data)

remove a data from the attribute

Parameters:

data - the data to remove