inpro.nlu
Class AVPair

java.lang.Object
  inpro.nlu.AVPair

public class AVPair
extends java.lang.Object

A simple attribute-value pair. Attributes are always strings, values can be any object.

Author:

okko

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	attribute Attribute and values
private java.lang.Object	value

Constructor Summary

AVPair(AVPair avp)
Copy constructor

AVPair(java.lang.String attval)
Handles interfacing AVM construction/unification Convenience constructor to create AVPair from one string, where A and V are separated by a colon, like "size:big" or from attribute-value input for more complex AVMs.

AVPair(java.lang.String attribute, java.lang.Object value)
Constructor building AVPair from attribute String and Object value

AVPair(java.lang.String attribute, java.lang.String value)
Constructor building AVPair from two strings for attribute and value

Method Summary

void	clearValue() Clears this AVPair's value
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compares this AVPair to another
boolean	equals(java.lang.String string) Checks if this AVP matches a string representation
java.lang.String	getAttribute()
java.lang.Object	getValue() Gets this AVPair's value
int	hashCode()
void	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Sets this AVPair's value
java.lang.String	toString() Builds a string representation of this AVPair in the form of "attribute : value".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

attribute

private final java.lang.String attribute

Attribute and values

value

private java.lang.Object value

Constructor Detail

AVPair

public AVPair(java.lang.String attribute,
              java.lang.String value)

Constructor building AVPair from two strings for attribute and value

AVPair

public AVPair(java.lang.String attribute,
              java.lang.Object value)

Constructor building AVPair from attribute String and Object value

AVPair

public AVPair(AVPair avp)

Copy constructor

Parameters:

avp - to copy

AVPair

public AVPair(java.lang.String attval)

Handles interfacing AVM construction/unification Convenience constructor to create AVPair from one string, where A and V are separated by a colon, like "size:big" or from attribute-value input for more complex AVMs.

Method Detail

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute()

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Gets this AVPair's value

Returns:

this avp's value

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

Sets this AVPair's value

Parameters:

value -

clearValue

public void clearValue()

Clears this AVPair's value

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Builds a string representation of this AVPair in the form of "attribute : value".

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

this avp's string rep

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Compares this AVPair to another

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

avp - the AVPair to compare to

Returns:

true if they have the same attribute and value, else false

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.String string)

Checks if this AVP matches a string representation

Parameters:

string - the string to compare to

Returns:

true if this AVPair's string representation matches the string.