net.dpml.library.info
Class DataDirective

java.lang.Object
  net.dpml.library.info.AbstractDirective
      net.dpml.library.info.DataDirective

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Data

Direct Known Subclasses:

TypeDirective

public class DataDirective
extends AbstractDirective
implements Data

Base class for a data directives.

Version:

1.1.2

Author:

Digital Product Meta Library

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DataDirective(Element element)
Creation of a new data directive using a DOM element as the datastructure definition.

DataDirective(Properties properties)
Creation of a new data directive using a supplied properties argument.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object other) Compare this object with another for equality.
Element	getElement() Return the datatype element.
int	hashCode() Compute the hash value.

Methods inherited from class net.dpml.library.info.AbstractDirective

equals, getProperties, getProperty, hashArray, hashValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataDirective

public DataDirective(Element element)

Creation of a new data directive using a DOM element as the datastructure definition.

Parameters:

element - the DOM element

DataDirective

public DataDirective(Properties properties)

Creation of a new data directive using a supplied properties argument.

Parameters:

properties - associated properties

Method Detail

getElement

public Element getElement()

Return the datatype element.

Specified by:

getElement in interface Data

Returns:

the DOM element

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Compare this object with another for equality.

Overrides:

equals in class AbstractDirective

Parameters:

other - the other object

Returns:

true if equal

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Compute the hash value.

Overrides:

hashCode in class AbstractDirective

Returns:

the hascode value