de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase
Class StringRange

java.lang.Object
  de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.Range
      de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.StringRange

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Observer

public final class StringRange
extends Range

Maintains string attributes for a fixed string description. Unlike other ranges (classes which implements Range) does not have a list of the current string values, since StringAttribute objects will not be referenced.

Author:

myCBR Team

Constructor Summary

StringRange(Project prj, StringDesc d)

Method Summary

Attribute	getAttribute(java.lang.Object obj) Gets the attribute associated with the specified Object obj.
StringAttribute	getStringValue(java.lang.String s) Creates a new StringAttribute associated with the given String.
Attribute	parseValue(java.lang.String string)
void	update(java.util.Observable arg0, java.lang.Object arg1)

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

getProject, setProject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringRange

public StringRange(Project prj,
                   StringDesc d)

Parameters:

prj - the project this range belongs to

d - the symbol description for this attribute

Method Detail

getStringValue

public StringAttribute getStringValue(java.lang.String s)

Creates a new StringAttribute associated with the given String.

Parameters:

s - the value for which the corresponding StringAttribute should be returned

Returns:

the StringAttribute specified by string

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute(java.lang.Object obj)

Gets the attribute associated with the specified Object obj. obj is expected to be of type String. Returns result of getStringValue(String) if obj is of type String, result of Project.getSpecialAttribute(String) if obj is of type SpecialAttribute, else returns null. Is needed for MultipleRange.

Specified by:

getAttribute in class Range

Parameters:

obj - representing String or SpecialAttribute

Returns:

SimpleAttribute that corresponds to obj, null if there is no such SimpleAttribute

update

public void update(java.util.Observable arg0,
                   java.lang.Object arg1)

parseValue

public Attribute parseValue(java.lang.String string)

Parameters:

string - the string which should be used for parsing

Returns:

the attribute which corresponds to the given string