de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Observable
      de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.Attribute

Direct Known Subclasses:

Instance, MultipleAttribute, SimpleAttribute

public abstract class Attribute
extends java.util.Observable

General abstract class representing values of attribute descriptions in cases or instances. Known subclasses: SimpleAttribute and Instance.

Author:

myCBR Team

Constructor Summary

Attribute()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String

getValueAsString() Returns a string representation of this attribute's value.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable

addObserver, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute()

Method Detail

getValueAsString

public abstract java.lang.String getValueAsString()

Returns a string representation of this attribute's value. Mostly used for saving cases to internal XML file.

Returns:

the value of this attribute as string