Package org.glassfish.grizzly.attributes

Interface AttributeHolder

All Known Implementing Classes:

IndexedAttributeHolder

public interface AttributeHolder

Interface declares common functionality for objects, which have associated Attributes.

Author:

Alexey Stashok

See Also:

IndexedAttributeHolder, NamedAttributeHolder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear()	Clear all the attributes.
void	copyFrom(AttributeHolder srcAttributes)	Copies attributes from the srcAttributes to this AttributeHolder
void	copyTo(AttributeHolder dstAttributes)	Copies attributes from this AttributeHolder to the dstAttributes.
Object	getAttribute(String name)	Return an object based on a name.
Object	getAttribute(String name, NullaryFunction initializer)	Return an object based on a name.
AttributeBuilder	getAttributeBuilder()	Get AttributeBuilder, associated with this holder
Set<String>	getAttributeNames()	Return a Set of attribute names.
IndexedAttributeAccessor	getIndexedAttributeAccessor()	If AttributeHolder supports attribute access by index - it will return an IndexedAttributeAccessor, which will make Attribute access as fast as access to array element.
void	recycle()	Recycle AttributeHolder
Object	removeAttribute(String name)	Remove a name/value object.
void	setAttribute(String name, Object value)	Set a name/value object.

Method Detail

removeAttribute

Object removeAttribute(String name)

Remove a name/value object.

Parameters:

name - - name of an attribute

Returns:

attribute which has been removed

setAttribute

void setAttribute(String name,
                  Object value)

Set a name/value object.

Parameters:

name - - name of an attribute

value - - value of named attribute

getAttribute

Object getAttribute(String name)

Return an object based on a name.

Parameters:

name - - name of an attribute

Returns:

- attribute value for the name, null if name does not exist in attributes

getAttribute

Object getAttribute(String name,
                    NullaryFunction initializer)

Return an object based on a name.

Parameters:

name - - name of an attribute

initializer - the initializer to be used to assign a default attribute value, in case it hasn't been assigned

Returns:

- attribute value for the name, null if name does not exist in attributes

Since:

2.3.18

getAttributeNames

Set<String> getAttributeNames()

Return a Set of attribute names.

Returns:

- Set of attribute names

clear

void clear()

Clear all the attributes.

recycle

void recycle()

Recycle AttributeHolder

getAttributeBuilder

AttributeBuilder getAttributeBuilder()

Get AttributeBuilder, associated with this holder

Returns:

AttributeBuilder

getIndexedAttributeAccessor

IndexedAttributeAccessor getIndexedAttributeAccessor()

If AttributeHolder supports attribute access by index - it will return an IndexedAttributeAccessor, which will make Attribute access as fast as access to array element.

Returns:

IndexedAttributeAccessor.

copyTo

void copyTo(AttributeHolder dstAttributes)

Copies attributes from this AttributeHolder to the dstAttributes.

Parameters:

dstAttributes -

copyFrom

void copyFrom(AttributeHolder srcAttributes)

Copies attributes from the srcAttributes to this AttributeHolder

Parameters:

srcAttributes -