com.metamatrix.common.actions
Class ExchangePrimitive

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.common.actions.ActionDefinition
      com.metamatrix.common.actions.TargetedActionDefinition
          com.metamatrix.common.actions.ExchangePrimitive

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExchangeBoolean, ExchangeDouble, ExchangeFloat, ExchangeInt, ExchangeLong, ExchangeShort

public abstract class ExchangePrimitive
extends TargetedActionDefinition

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected	ExchangePrimitive(ExchangePrimitive rhs)
	ExchangePrimitive(java.lang.Object target, AttributeDefinition attribute) Create a new instance of an action definition by specifying the target.
protected	ExchangePrimitive(java.lang.Object target, java.lang.Integer code)

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getActionDescription() Get the description (i.e., verb) for this type of action.

Methods inherited from class com.metamatrix.common.actions.ActionDefinition

clone, getArguments, getAttributeCode, getAttributeDescription, getCreationTime, getCreationTimeMillis, getTarget, getUndoActionDefinition, hasArguments, hasAttributeCode, hasTarget, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExchangePrimitive

public ExchangePrimitive(java.lang.Object target,
                         AttributeDefinition attribute)

Create a new instance of an action definition by specifying the target.

Parameters:

target - the object (or identifier for the object) that is the target of this action.

arguments - the objects that define the arguments for this action.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the target is null or not serializable.

ExchangePrimitive

protected ExchangePrimitive(java.lang.Object target,
                            java.lang.Integer code)

ExchangePrimitive

protected ExchangePrimitive(ExchangePrimitive rhs)

Method Detail

getActionDescription

public java.lang.String getActionDescription()

Get the description (i.e., verb) for this type of action.

Specified by:

getActionDescription in class ActionDefinition

Returns:

the string description for this type of action.