com.ibm.itim.common
Class AttributeValues

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class AttributeValues

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Contains a map of AttributeValue objects. The keys are the names of the AttribtueValue objects converted to lower case. Case is ignored in storing and looking up objects in the map.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AttributeValues()
Creates new AttributeValues with no entries

AttributeValues(AttributeValues attributeValues)
Creates new AttributeValues with the given AttributeValues object.

AttributeValues(java.util.Collection attributeValueCollection)
Creates new AttributeValues with the entries in the collection

AttributeValues(java.util.Map attributeValues)
Creates new AttributeValues with the given map.

Method Summary

void	clear() This method clears the underlying hashmap structure without setting it to null;
java.lang.Object	clone() This method returns a deep copy of the underlying map of AttributeValue objects
void	combine(AttributeValues attributeValues) Combines the values in this AttributeValues object with the given AttributeValues object
boolean	containsKey(java.lang.String name) Determine whether an AttributeValue object exists in the map
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object attributeValues) Determines if this object is equivalent to the given set of AttributeValue objects.
AttributeValue	get(java.lang.String name) Get an AttributeValue from the map with the given name.
java.lang.StringBuffer	getDifferences(java.lang.Object attributeValues) Return a StringBuffer describing the differences between this & specified AttributeValues object, for log messages.
java.util.Map	getMap() Returns the Map of AttributeValue objects.
int	hashCode() Override the method from java.lang.Object.
boolean	isEmpty() Determines whether the collection of AttributeValues is empty
AttributeValueIterator	iterator() Get an iterator to iterate over AttributeValue's in the map
void	put(AttributeValue attributeValue) Adds an AttributeValue object to the Map
void	remove(java.lang.String name) Remove an AttributeValue object from the map
int	size() Returns the number of AttributeValue objects in the AttributeValues.
java.lang.String	toString() Overrides Object.toString()
java.util.Collection	values() Gets a collection of all the values in the map

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AttributeValues

public AttributeValues()

Creates new AttributeValues with no entries

AttributeValues

public AttributeValues(AttributeValues attributeValues)

Creates new AttributeValues with the given AttributeValues object. Makes a copy of that object's map.

Parameters:

attributeValues - a map of AttributeValue objects

AttributeValues

public AttributeValues(java.util.Map attributeValues)

Creates new AttributeValues with the given map. Makes a copy of the given map.

Parameters:

attributeValues - a map of AttributeValue objects

AttributeValues

public AttributeValues(java.util.Collection attributeValueCollection)

Creates new AttributeValues with the entries in the collection

Parameters:

attributeValueCollection - A collection of AttributeValue objects

Method Detail

combine

public void combine(AttributeValues attributeValues)

Combines the values in this AttributeValues object with the given AttributeValues object

Parameters:

attributeValues - Add AttributeValue object from this parameter to this object

put

public void put(AttributeValue attributeValue)

Adds an AttributeValue object to the Map

Parameters:

attributeValue - The object to add to the map

get

public AttributeValue get(java.lang.String name)

Get an AttributeValue from the map with the given name. The name is case insensitive.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute to retrieve from the map

Returns:

The AttributeValue in the map or null if the name was null

iterator

public AttributeValueIterator iterator()

Get an iterator to iterate over AttributeValue's in the map

Returns:

an iterator

containsKey

public boolean containsKey(java.lang.String name)

Determine whether an AttributeValue object exists in the map

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute to retrieve from the map

Returns:

True if the AttributeValue object is present

remove

public void remove(java.lang.String name)

Remove an AttributeValue object from the map

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute to retrieve from the map

values

public java.util.Collection values()

Gets a collection of all the values in the map

Returns:

Collection of AttributeValue objects

getMap

public java.util.Map getMap()

Returns the Map of AttributeValue objects.

Returns:

Map of AttributeValue objects

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object attributeValues)

Determines if this object is equivalent to the given set of AttributeValue objects. Empty attribute values are treated as equivalent to attributes that are not present.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

attributeValues - The set of AttributeValues to compare to

Returns:

true if the two sets are equal (comparing based on attribute type, using the SyntaxId and the DirectoryAttributeEqualityComparator class)

getDifferences

public java.lang.StringBuffer getDifferences(java.lang.Object attributeValues)

Return a StringBuffer describing the differences between this & specified AttributeValues object, for log messages.

Parameters:

attributeValues - object to compare against

Returns:

StringBuffer describing changes / empty if same

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Override the method from java.lang.Object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the sum of the hashCodes of the elements

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Determines whether the collection of AttributeValues is empty

Returns:

True if there are no elements in the collection

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides Object.toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string listing all the AttributeValues in the collection

size

public int size()

Returns the number of AttributeValue objects in the AttributeValues.

Returns:

the number of AttributeValue objects in the AttributeValues.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

This method returns a deep copy of the underlying map of AttributeValue objects

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

exact copy of this object

clear

public void clear()

This method clears the underlying hashmap structure without setting it to null;