org.glassfish.grizzly.attributes
Interface AttributeHolder

All Known Implementing Classes:

IndexedAttributeHolder, NamedAttributeHolder

public interface AttributeHolder

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

Author:

Alexey Stashok

See Also:

IndexedAttributeHolder, NamedAttributeHolder

Method Summary

void	clear() Clear all the attributes.
Object	getAttribute(String name) 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.
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

getAttributeNames

Set<String> getAttributeNames()

Return a Set of attribute names.

Returns:

- Set of attribute names

clear

void clear()

Clear all the attributes.

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.