de.intarsys.tools.attribute
Class AttributeTools

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.tools.attribute.AttributeTools

public class AttributeTools
extends Object

Tool class for handling generic attributes.

Constructor Summary

AttributeTools()

Method Summary

static Object	getAttribute(Object object, Object key) Get an attribute value from object
static Object	getAttributeBasic(Object object, Object key) Get an attribute value from object
static Object	removeAttribute(Object object, Object key) Remove an attribute binding from object
static Object	removeAttributeBasic(Object object, Object key) Remove an attribute binding from object
static Object	setAttribute(Object object, Object key, Object value) Set the value of an attribute in object
static Object	setAttributeBasic(Object object, Object key, Object value) Set the value of an attribute in object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AttributeTools

public AttributeTools()

Method Detail

getAttribute

public static Object getAttribute(Object object,
                                  Object key)

Get an attribute value from object

Parameters:

object - The target object hosting the attribute

key - the name of the attribute to get

Returns:

The value of the attribute key

getAttributeBasic

public static Object getAttributeBasic(Object object,
                                       Object key)

Get an attribute value from object

Parameters:

object - The target object hosting the attribute

key - the name of the attribute to get

Returns:

The value of the attribute key

removeAttribute

public static Object removeAttribute(Object object,
                                     Object key)

Remove an attribute binding from object

Parameters:

object - The target object hosting the attribute

key - the name of the attribute to remove

Returns:

The previously associated value for key

removeAttributeBasic

public static Object removeAttributeBasic(Object object,
                                          Object key)

Remove an attribute binding from object

Parameters:

object - The target object hosting the attribute

key - the name of the attribute to remove

Returns:

The previously associated value for key

setAttribute

public static Object setAttribute(Object object,
                                  Object key,
                                  Object value)

Set the value of an attribute in object

Parameters:

object - The target object hosting the attribute

key - the name of the attribute to set

value - the new value the attribute

Returns:

The previously associated value for key

setAttributeBasic

public static Object setAttributeBasic(Object object,
                                       Object key,
                                       Object value)

Set the value of an attribute in object

Parameters:

object - The target object hosting the attribute

key - the name of the attribute to set

value - the new value the attribute

Returns:

The previously associated value for key