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Contains classes not specific to fuzzydb implementation which could be used in any implementation of fuzzy matching, or as general utility classes such as those in the geo package.

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package org.fuzzydb.dto.attributes;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Bean representation of named attributes, such as a boolean value,
 * enum value, or location preference.
 * Values should be strings or intrinsic types (float, Date, String[], etc)
 */
public abstract class Attribute implements Serializable {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	private String name;

    public Attribute( String name) {
        assert name != null;
        this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * Get the name of this attribute
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
    
    public abstract V getValueAsObject();
}