Attribute (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

javax.management

Class Attribute

java.lang.Object extended by javax.management.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

public class Attribute

Represents an MBean attribute by associating its name with its value. The MBean server and other objects use this class to get and set attributes values.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
[Attribute](../../javax/management/Attribute.html#Attribute%28java.lang.String, java.lang.Object%29)(String name,Object value) Constructs an Attribute object which associates the given attribute name with the given value.

Method Summary
boolean	equals(Object object) Compares the current Attribute Object with another Attribute Object.
String	getName() Returns a String containing the name of the attribute.
Object	getValue() Returns an Object that is the value of this attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(String name, Object value)

Constructs an Attribute object which associates the given attribute name with the given value.

Parameters:

name - A String containing the name of the attribute to be created. Cannot be null.

value - The Object which is assigned to the attribute. This object must be of the same type as the attribute.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns a String containing the name of the attribute.

Returns:

the name of the attribute.

getValue

public Object getValue()

Returns an Object that is the value of this attribute.

Returns:

the value of the attribute.

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Compares the current Attribute Object with another Attribute Object.

Overrides:

[equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Parameters:

object - The Attribute that the current Attribute is to be compared with.

Returns:

True if the two Attribute objects are equal, otherwise false.

See Also:

Object.hashCode(), Hashtable

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