de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase
Class IntervalAttribute

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

IExplainable

public final class IntervalAttribute
extends SimpleAttribute

Represents intervals as values in query/case. Objects of this class should only be created by interval ranges to avoid unnecessary objects.

Author:

myCBR Team

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
Pair<java.lang.Number,java.lang.Number>	getInterval() Gets the value of this attribute.
java.lang.String	getValueAsString() Returns a string representation of this attribute's value.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the string representation of this attribute.

Methods inherited from class de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.SimpleAttribute

getAttributeDesc, getDesc, getExpType, getName, setDesc

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInterval

public Pair<java.lang.Number,java.lang.Number> getInterval()

Gets the value of this attribute.

Returns:

the interval representing the value of this attribute

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the string representation of this attribute.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representing the value of this attribute

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

getValueAsString

public java.lang.String getValueAsString()

Description copied from class: Attribute

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

Specified by:

getValueAsString in class Attribute

Returns:

the value of this attribute as string