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26 
27 //  ServiceLocationAttributeDescriptor.java: Describes an SLP attribute.
28 //  Author:           James Kempf
29 //  Created On:       Thu Jun 19 10:38:01 1997
30 //  Last Modified By: James Kempf
31 //  Last Modified On: Fri May 22 13:01:18 1998
32 //  Update Count:     16
33 //
34 
35 package com.sun.slp;
36 
37 import java.util.*;
38 
39 /**
40  * Objects implementing the <b>ServiceLocationAttributeDescriptor</b>
41  * interface return information on a particular service location attribute.
42  * This information is primarily for GUI tools. Programmatic attribute
43  * verification should be done through the
44  * <b>ServiceLocationAttributeVerifier</b>.
45  *
46  * @author James Kempf
47  *
48  */
49 
50 public interface ServiceLocationAttributeDescriptor {
51 
52     /**
53      * Return the attribute's id.
54      *
55      * @return A <b>String</b> for the attribute's id.
56      */
57 
getId()58     public String getId();
59 
60     /**
61      * Return the fully qualified Java type of the attribute. SLP types
62      * are translated into Java types as follows:<br>
63      *<ol>
64      *	<li><i>STRING</i> -- <i>"java.lang.String"</i></li>
65      *	<li><i>INTEGER</i> -- <i>"java.lang.Integer"</i></li>
66      *	<li><i>BOOLEAN</i> -- <i>"java.lang.Boolean"</i></li>
67      *	<li><i>OPAQUE</i> --  <i>"[B"</i> (i.e. array of byte,
68      *			      <b>byte[]</b>)</li>
69      *	<li><i>KEYWORD</i> -- null string, <i>""</i></li>
70      *</ol>
71      *
72      * @return A <b>String</b> containing the Java type name for the
73      *	      attribute values.
74      */
75 
getValueType()76     public String getValueType();
77 
78     /**
79      * Return attribute's help text.
80      *
81      * @return A <b>String</b> containing the attribute's help text.
82      */
83 
getDescription()84     public String getDescription();
85 
86     /**
87      * Return an <b>Enumeration</b> of allowed values for the attribute type.
88      * For keyword attributes returns null. For no allowed values
89      * (i.e. unrestricted) returns an empty <b>Enumeration</b>. Small memory
90      * implementations may want to parse values on demand rather
91      * than at the time the descriptor is created.
92      *
93      * @return An <b>Enumeration</b> of allowed values for the attribute,
94      *         or null if the attribute is keyword.
95      */
96 
getAllowedValues()97     public Enumeration getAllowedValues();
98 
99     /**
100      * Return an <b>Enumeration</b> of default values for the attribute type.
101      * For keyword attributes returns null. For no allowed values
102      * (i.e. unrestricted) returns an empty <b>Enumeration</b>. Small memory
103      * implementations may want to parse values on demand rather
104      * than at the time the descriptor is created.
105      *
106      * @return An <b>Enumeration</b> of default values for the attribute or
107      *         null if the attribute is keyword.
108      */
109 
getDefaultValues()110     public Enumeration getDefaultValues();
111 
112     /**
113      * Returns true if the <i>"M"</i> flag is set.
114      *
115      * @return True if the <i>"M"</i> flag is set.
116      */
117 
getIsMultivalued()118     public boolean getIsMultivalued();
119 
120     /**
121      * Returns true if the <i>"O"</i>" flag is set.
122      *
123      * @return True if the <i>"O"</i>" flag is set.
124      */
125 
getIsOptional()126     public boolean getIsOptional();
127 
128     /**
129      * Returns true if the <i>"X"</i>" flag is set.
130      *
131      * @return True if the <i>"X"</i> flag is set.
132      */
133 
getRequiresExplicitMatch()134     public boolean getRequiresExplicitMatch();
135 
136     /**
137      * Returns true if the <i>"L"</i> flag is set.
138      *
139      * @return True if the <i>"L"</i> flag is set.
140      */
141 
getIsLiteral()142     public boolean getIsLiteral();
143 
144     /**
145      * Returns <i>true</i> if the attribute is a keyword attribute.
146      *
147      * @return <i>true</i> if the attribute is a keyword attribute
148      */
149 
getIsKeyword()150     public boolean getIsKeyword();
151 
152 }
153