de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase

Class IntegerAttribute

java.lang.Object

java.util.Observable

de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.Attribute

de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.SimpleAttribute

de.dfki.mycbr.core.casebase.IntegerAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

IExplainable, java.lang.Comparable<IntegerAttribute>

public final class IntegerAttribute
extends SimpleAttribute
implements java.lang.Comparable<IntegerAttribute>

Represents integers in query/cases. To avoid unnecessary objects, objects of this class should only be created by integer ranges. For a fixed integer # description, the integer attributes will then be referenced.

Author:

myCBR Team

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(IntegerAttribute o) Compares this attribute to the given one.
int	getValue() Returns the numeric value of this attribute.
java.lang.String	getValueAsString() Returns a string representation of this attribute's value.

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

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

Method Detail

getValue

public int getValue()

Returns the numeric value of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of this attribute

compareTo

public int compareTo(IntegerAttribute o)

Compares this attribute to the given one. Returns 0 if the values are identical, -1 if this value is smaller than the given attribute's value and 1 otherwise.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<IntegerAttribute>

Parameters:

o - the attribute to compare this to

Returns:

comparison result of the respective attributes

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