org.tigris.scarab.attribute
Class FreeFormAttribute

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.torque.om.BaseObject
      org.tigris.scarab.om.BaseAttributeValue
          org.tigris.scarab.om.AttributeValue
              org.tigris.scarab.attribute.FreeFormAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.torque.om.Persistent, org.apache.fulcrum.intake.Retrievable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

StringAttribute

public abstract class FreeFormAttribute

extends AttributeValue

This is a superclass for free-form attributes such as string, date etc...

Version:

$Revision: 9977 $ $Date: 2005-12-09 01:40:59 +0100 (Fr, 09 Dez 2005) $

Author:

Fedor

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.torque.om.BaseObject

NEW_ID

Constructor Summary

FreeFormAttribute()

Method Summary

void	init() Override this method if you need any initialization for this attr.
java.lang.Object	loadResources() Loads from database data specific for this Attribute including Name.
void	setResources(java.lang.Object resources) This method is used by an Attribute instance to obtain specific resources such as option list for SelectOneAttribute.

Methods inherited from class org.tigris.scarab.om.AttributeValue

copy, equals, getActivity, getAttributeOption, getChainedValue, getNewInstance, getNewInstance, getNewInstance, getOptionIdAsString, getOptionIds, getQueryKey, getRModuleAttribute, getUserIds, getValueList, hashCode, isQuickSearchAttribute, isRequired, isSet, save, setActivity, setActivityDescription, setAttributeId, setChainedValue, setIssueId, setNumericValue, setOptionId, setOptionIdOnly, setOptionIds, setProperties, setUserId, setUserIdOnly, setUserIds, setValue, setValueOnly, startActivitySet, supportsVoting, toString

Methods inherited from class org.tigris.scarab.om.BaseAttributeValue

copyInto, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributeId, getAttributeOption, getByName, getByPeerName, getByPosition, getDeleted, getFieldNames, getIssue, getIssue, getIssueId, getNumericValue, getOptionId, getPeer, getPrimaryKey, getScarabUser, getScarabUser, getUserId, getValue, getValueId, isCacheOnSave, save, save, setAttribute, setAttributeKey, setAttributeOption, setAttributeOptionKey, setDeleted, setIssue, setIssueKey, setPrimaryKey, setPrimaryKey, setQueryKey, setScarabUser, setScarabUserKey, setValueId

Methods inherited from class org.apache.torque.om.BaseObject

equals, getLog, isModified, isNew, resetModified, setModified, setNew, setPrimaryKey

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.torque.om.Persistent

getPrimaryKey, isModified, isNew, save, save, setModified, setNew, setPrimaryKey, setPrimaryKey

Constructor Detail

FreeFormAttribute

public FreeFormAttribute()

Method Detail

init

public void init()
          throws org.apache.torque.TorqueException

Description copied from class: AttributeValue

Override this method if you need any initialization for this attr.

Specified by:

init in class AttributeValue

Throws:

org.apache.torque.TorqueException - Generic Exception

setResources

public void setResources(java.lang.Object resources)

Description copied from class: AttributeValue

This method is used by an Attribute instance to obtain specific resources such as option list for SelectOneAttribute. It may, for example put them into instance variables. Attributes may use common resources as-is or create it's own resources based on common, it should not, however, modify common resources since they will be used by other Attribute instances.

Specified by:

setResources in class AttributeValue

Parameters:

resources - Resources common for Attributes with the specified id.

loadResources

public java.lang.Object loadResources()

Loads from database data specific for this Attribute including Name. These are data common to all Attribute instances with same id. Data retrieved here will then be used in setResources.

Specified by:

loadResources in class AttributeValue

Returns:

Object containing Attribute resources which will be used in setResources.