edu.udo.cs.miningmart.m4.utils
Class InterM4MCFeatureBaseAttribute

java.lang.Object
  edu.udo.cs.miningmart.m4.utils.InterM4Communicator
      edu.udo.cs.miningmart.m4.utils.InterM4MCFeatureBaseAttribute

public class InterM4MCFeatureBaseAttribute
extends InterM4Communicator

Helper class for standard communication between MultiColumnFeature (container) and BaseAttribute.

Version:

$Id: InterM4MCFeatureBaseAttribute.java,v 1.4 2006/09/27 14:59:54 euler Exp $

Author:

Martin Scholz

Constructor Summary

InterM4MCFeatureBaseAttribute()

Method Summary

java.util.Collection	getCollection(java.lang.Object mcfeature) Each container object contains a collection, which has to be backed, so an "add" or "remove" to the collection results in a corresponding "add" or "remove" to the underlying container data structure.
java.lang.Object	getSingleRef(M4Object baseattribute) The M4Object different from the container object needs to have a reference to the container class.
void	setSingleRefPrimitive(M4Object baseattribute, java.lang.Object mcfeature) The M4Object different from the container object needs to have a reference to the container class.

Methods inherited from class edu.udo.cs.miningmart.m4.utils.InterM4Communicator

add, checkNameExists, remove, setCollectionTo, updateReferenceTo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InterM4MCFeatureBaseAttribute

public InterM4MCFeatureBaseAttribute()

Method Detail

getSingleRef

public java.lang.Object getSingleRef(M4Object baseattribute)
                              throws M4Exception

Description copied from class: InterM4Communicator

The M4Object different from the container object needs to have a reference to the container class.

Parameters:

baseattribute - a BaseAttribute

Returns:

the BaseAttribute's MultiColumnFeature

Throws:

M4Exception

See Also:

InterM4Communicator.getSingleRef(M4Object)

getCollection

public java.util.Collection getCollection(java.lang.Object mcfeature)
                                   throws M4Exception

Description copied from class: InterM4Communicator

Each container object contains a collection, which has to be backed, so an "add" or "remove" to the collection results in a corresponding "add" or "remove" to the underlying container data structure. This method must never return null, but a backed empty Collection instead!

Parameters:

mcfeature - a MultiColumnFeature

Returns:

the MultiColumnFeature's Collection of BaseAttributes

Throws:

M4Exception

See Also:

InterM4Communicator#getCollection(M4Object)

setSingleRefPrimitive

public void setSingleRefPrimitive(M4Object baseattribute,
                                  java.lang.Object mcfeature)
                           throws M4Exception

Description copied from class: InterM4Communicator

The M4Object different from the container object needs to have a reference to the container class. This method is a primitive setter for this field. It should consist of a single assignment.

Parameters:

baseattribute - a BaseAttribute

mcfeature - a MultiColumnFeature

Throws:

M4Exception

See Also:

InterM4Communicator#setSingleRefPrimitive(M4Object, M4Object)