uk.ac.bristol.star.cdf

Class VariableAttribute

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.bristol.star.cdf.VariableAttribute

public class VariableAttribute
extends java.lang.Object

Provides the description and per-variable entry values for a CDF attribute with variable scope.

Since:

20 Jun 2013

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
VariableAttribute(java.lang.String name, AttributeEntry[] rEntries, AttributeEntry[] zEntries) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AttributeEntry	getEntry(Variable variable) Returns the entry value that a given variable has for this attribute.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns this attribute's name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

VariableAttribute

public VariableAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                         AttributeEntry[] rEntries,
                         AttributeEntry[] zEntries)

Constructor.

Parameters:

name - attribute name

rEntries - rEntry values for this attribute

zEntries - zEntry values for this attribute

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns this attribute's name.

Returns:

attribute name

getEntry

public AttributeEntry getEntry(Variable variable)

Returns the entry value that a given variable has for this attribute. If the variable has no entry for this attribute, null is returned.

Parameters:

variable - CDF variable from the same CDF as this attribute

Returns:

this attribute's value for variable