org.globus.common
Class ConstrainedMVHashtable

java.lang.Object
  org.globus.common.MVHashtable
      org.globus.common.ConstrainedMVHashtable

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Serializable

public class ConstrainedMVHashtable

extends MVHashtable

implements Serializable

ConstrainedMVHashtable allows the placing of constraints on a MVHashtable that determine if an attribute is optional, required, or if an attribute is single, or multivalued. Use set/isRequired() functions to specify/check whether an attribute will be required or not. Use set/isSingleValued() to specify/check whether an attribute accepts a single or multiple values. Use setMaximum() to set the largest number of values an attribute is allowed to accept. NOTE: this class is not supported yet.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected Hashtable	maxValues holds the maximum values for various attributes
protected Hashtable	required holds required status of attributes
protected Hashtable	singleValued holds single-valued status of attributes

Fields inherited from class org.globus.common.MVHashtable

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Constructor Summary

ConstrainedMVHashtable()
Default constructor which creates a blank ConstrainedMVHashtable.

ConstrainedMVHashtable(ConstrainedMVHashtable constrainedMultivaluedHashtable)
Copy constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	isRequired(String key) Returns true if the key is constrained to be required.
boolean	isSingleValued(String key) Returns true if a specific attribute is constrained to be SingleValued
void	setMaximum(String key, int maxValues) Constrain the number of values for a specific attribute.
void	setRequired(String[] keys, boolean required) Constrains all attributes specified in the array of key strings to be required/not required.
void	setRequired(String key, boolean req) Constrains a specific attribute to be required or optional.
void	setSingleValued(String[] keys, boolean single) Constrains all attributes specified by the array of strings to be SingleValued.
void	setSingleValued(String key, boolean single) Constrains a specific attribute to be SingleValued.

Methods inherited from class org.globus.common.MVHashtable

add, add, add, add, clear, contains, containsName, get, getFirstValue, getKeys, getLastValue, getValueAt, keys, print, remove, remove, remove, set, size, size, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

singleValued

protected Hashtable singleValued

holds single-valued status of attributes

required

protected Hashtable required

holds required status of attributes

maxValues

protected Hashtable maxValues

holds the maximum values for various attributes

Constructor Detail

ConstrainedMVHashtable

public ConstrainedMVHashtable()

Default constructor which creates a blank ConstrainedMVHashtable.

ConstrainedMVHashtable

public ConstrainedMVHashtable(ConstrainedMVHashtable constrainedMultivaluedHashtable)

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

constrainedMultivaluedHashtable - the ConstrainedMVHashtable to be copied

Method Detail

setRequired

public void setRequired(String key,
                        boolean req)

Constrains a specific attribute to be required or optional. Each attribute is by default optional.

Parameters:

key - the key of the attribute to be constrained

req - true if required, false if optional

setRequired

public void setRequired(String[] keys,
                        boolean required)

Constrains all attributes specified in the array of key strings to be required/not required.

Parameters:

keys - an array of the keys to be constrained

required - true if all are required, false if all are optional

isRequired

public boolean isRequired(String key)

Returns true if the key is constrained to be required.

Parameters:

key - the key of attribute to check

Returns:

boolean true if required, false if optional

setSingleValued

public void setSingleValued(String key,
                            boolean single)

Constrains a specific attribute to be SingleValued. Each attribute is by default multiValued.

Parameters:

key - the key of the attribute to be constrained

single - true if single-valued, false if multi-valued

setSingleValued

public void setSingleValued(String[] keys,
                            boolean single)

Constrains all attributes specified by the array of strings to be SingleValued.

Parameters:

keys - an array of keys of the attributes to be constrained

single - true if all should be single-valued, false if multi-valued

isSingleValued

public boolean isSingleValued(String key)

Returns true if a specific attribute is constrained to be SingleValued

Parameters:

key - the key of the attribute to be checked

Returns:

boolean true if single-valued, false if multi-valued

setMaximum

public void setMaximum(String key,
                       int maxValues)

Constrain the number of values for a specific attribute.

Parameters:

key - the key of the attribute to be constrained

maxValues - the maximum number of values this attribute can have