javax.management
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  javax.management.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Attribute
extends Object
implements Serializable

A representation of an MBean attribute. It is a pair, a Name and a Value.

An Attribute is returned by a getter operation or passed to a a setter operation.

Version:

$Revision: 57200 $

Revisions:

20020730 Adrian Brock:

• Serialization

20020930 Juha Lindfors:

• Overrode hashCode() to return same hash for objects that are equal
• Removed 'instanceof' from equals() as it tends to break the symmetricity requirement when subclasses are involved

Author:

Juha Lindfors., Adrian Brock.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Attribute(String name, Object value)
Contruct a new attribute given a name and value.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object object) Compares two attributes for equality.
String	getName() Retrieves the name of the attribute.
Object	getValue() Retrieves the value of the attribute.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(String name,
                 Object value)

Contruct a new attribute given a name and value.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute.

value - the value of the attribute.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Retrieves the name of the attribute.

Returns:

the name of the attribute.

getValue

public Object getValue()

Retrieves the value of the attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute.

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Compares two attributes for equality.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

true when the name value objects are equal, false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

human readable string.