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* Copyright (c) 1996-2001
* Logica Mobile Networks Limited
* All rights reserved.
*
* This software is distributed under Logica Open Source License Version 1.0
* ("Licence Agreement"). You shall use it and distribute only in accordance
* with the terms of the License Agreement.
*
*/
package org.smpp.smscsim.util;
/**
* Represents an attribute (field) of a Record. Each attribute
* has name and a value. Values are textual, i.e. if you want to use
* this class to work with integral values, you have to cast the values
* explicitly.
*
* @author Logica Mobile Networks SMPP Open Source Team
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $
* @see Record
* @see Table
*/
public class Attribute {
/**
* The name of the attribute
*/
private String name = null;
/**
* The value of the attribute.
*/
private String value = null;
/**
* Default constructor initialises name and value
* of the attribute to empty (null) values.
* @see #setName(String)
* @see #setValue(String)
*/
public Attribute() {
}
/**
* If you know the name but not the value yet, use this constructor.
* @see #setValue(String)
*/
public Attribute(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
/**
* Initialises the attribute's both name and value
*/
public Attribute(String name, String value) {
this.name = name;
this.value = value;
}
/**
* Sets the name of the attribute.
* @param name the new value for the name of the attribute.
*/
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
/**
* Sets the value of the attribute.
* @param value the new vlaue of the attribute.
*/
public void setValue(String value) {
this.value = value;
}
/**
* Returns the name of the attribute.
* @return the name of the attribute
*/
public String getName() {
return name;
}
/**
* Returns the current value of the attribute.
* @return the current value of the attribute
*/
public String getValue() {
return value;
}
/**
* Compares the name of the attribute to the provided value.
* The comparison is case sensitive, i.e. 'Password' and 'password' are
* different names!
* @param name the name to compare the attribute's name to
* @return if the name of the attribute is equal to the provided name
*/
public boolean nameEquals(String name) {
if (this.name != null) {
return this.name.equals(name);
} else {
return name == null; // nulls are equal
}
}
/**
* Compares two attributes if their names and values are equal.
* @param attr the attribute to compare this attribute to
* @return if the attribute's name & value are equal to those of
* the provided
*/
public boolean equals(Attribute attr) {
if (attr != null) {
if (nameEquals(attr.getName())) {
if (this.value != null) {
return this.value.equals(value);
} else {
return value == null; // nulls are equal
}
} else {
return false;
}
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
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