Package com.aquima.interactions.profile

Class ValueReference

java.lang.Object

com.aquima.interactions.foundation.types.AbstractValue

com.aquima.interactions.foundation.types.EntityValue

com.aquima.interactions.profile.ValueReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

IConvertable, IPrimitiveValue, ISingleValue, IValue, Serializable, Comparable<Object>

Direct Known Subclasses:

InstanceReferrer

public class ValueReference
extends EntityValue

A value reference is a reference to an attribute of a specific instance. The reference holds both information about the instance and the attribute that is referred.

Since:

5.0

Author:

O. Kerpershoek

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.aquima.interactions.foundation.types.EntityValue

UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ValueReference(EntityValue instanceRef, String attribute)	Constructs a value reference with an instance reference and an attribute name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getAttributeName()	This method returns the attribute name of the attribute this reference points to.
static ValueReference	getReference(IEntityInstance instance, String attributeName)	This method returns the value reference for an instance and an attribute name.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class com.aquima.interactions.foundation.types.EntityValue

booleanValue, compareSimple, compareTo, contains, dateValue, doubleValue, duplicate, forType, getDataType, getId, getName, getSequenceNr, getValue, integerValue, isUnknown, longValue, stringValue, valueOf

Methods inherited from class com.aquima.interactions.foundation.types.AbstractValue

getDisplayValue, getTypeName, isRangeValue, isSingleValue, toListValue, toRangeValue, toSingleValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ValueReference

public ValueReference(EntityValue instanceRef,
 String attribute)

Constructs a value reference with an instance reference and an attribute name.

Parameters:

instanceRef - Object containing the information to uniquely identify an instance.

attribute - The name of the attribute that is referred.

Method Details

getReference

public static ValueReference getReference(IEntityInstance instance,
 String attributeName)

This method returns the value reference for an instance and an attribute name.

Parameters:

instance - The instance.

attributeName - The attribute name.

Returns:

The value reference object, which is never null

getAttributeName

public String getAttributeName()

This method returns the attribute name of the attribute this reference points to.

Returns:

The attribute name of the reference.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class EntityValue

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class EntityValue

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class EntityValue