org.jboss.osgi.metadata
Interface ParameterizedAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeAware

All Known Subinterfaces:

PackageAttribute

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPackageAttribute, AbstractParameterizedAttribute

public interface ParameterizedAttribute
extends AttributeAware

Attribute with parameters.

Author:

Ales Justin, Adrian Brock

Method Summary

Parameter	getAttribute(String name) Get an attribute by name.
Map<String,Parameter>	getAttributes() Get the attributes.
<T> T	getAttributeValue(String name, Class<T> type) Get an attribute value
<T> T	getAttributeValue(String name, T defaultValue, Class<T> type) Get a directive value
Parameter	getDirective(String name) Get a directive by name.
Map<String,Parameter>	getDirectives() Get the declerations
<T> T	getDirectiveValue(String name, Class<T> type) Get a directive value
<T> T	getDirectiveValue(String name, T defaultValue, Class<T> type) Get a directive value

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.osgi.metadata.AttributeAware

getAttribute

Method Detail

getAttributes

Map<String,Parameter> getAttributes()

Get the attributes.

Returns:

the attributes or an empty map

getAttribute

Parameter getAttribute(String name)

Get an attribute by name.

Parameters:

name - attributes's name

Returns:

the attribute

getAttributeValue

<T> T getAttributeValue(String name,
                        Class<T> type)

Get an attribute value

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

type - the expected type

Returns:

the attribute value

getAttributeValue

<T> T getAttributeValue(String name,
                        T defaultValue,
                        Class<T> type)

Get a directive value

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type

Parameters:

name - the name of the directive

defaultValue - the default value when no attribute is specified

type - the expected type

Returns:

the attribute value

getDirectives

Map<String,Parameter> getDirectives()

Get the declerations

Returns:

the directives or an empty map

getDirective

Parameter getDirective(String name)

Get a directive by name.

Parameters:

name - directive's name

Returns:

the directive

getDirectiveValue

<T> T getDirectiveValue(String name,
                        Class<T> type)

Get a directive value

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type

Parameters:

name - the name of the directive

type - the expected type

Returns:

the directive value

getDirectiveValue

<T> T getDirectiveValue(String name,
                        T defaultValue,
                        Class<T> type)

Get a directive value

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type

Parameters:

name - the name of the directive

defaultValue - the default value when no directive is specified

type - the expected type

Returns:

the directive value