org.opengis.feature.simple
Interface TextAttribute

All Superinterfaces:
Attribute, Property

public interface TextAttribute
extends Attribute

Attribute bound to a CharSequence.

This class indicates getValue() returns a CharSequence using Java 5 type narrowing, for for those working against java 1.4 interfaces the additional methods getText() and setText have been introduced.


Method Summary
 CharSequence getText()
          Java 1.4 type safe access to getValue
 CharSequence getValue()
          Access to the content of this Attribute.
 void setText(CharSequence newValue)
          Java 1.4 type safe access to setValue
 void setValue(CharSequence newValue)
           
 
Methods inherited from interface Attribute
getDescriptor, getID, getType, nillable, operation, setValue
 
Methods inherited from interface Property
descriptor, name
 

Method Detail

setValue

void setValue(CharSequence newValue)

getValue

CharSequence getValue()
Description copied from interface: Attribute
Access to the content of this Attribute.

A subclass may define a more specific method to access this value, in order to improve readability or make allowances for Java 1.4 use.

Specified by:
getValue in interface Attribute
Returns:
Value Object of the class indicated by getType().getBinding()

getText

CharSequence getText()
Java 1.4 type safe access to getValue

Returns:
(Boolean) getValue()

setText

void setText(CharSequence newValue)
Java 1.4 type safe access to setValue

Parameters:
newValue -


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