Attribute (Java SE 16 & JDK 16) (original) (raw)

All Implemented Interfaces:

[Serializable](../../../java.base/java/io/Serializable.html "interface in java.io")

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

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

• Method Summary

boolean
Compares the current Attribute Object with another Attribute Object.
[getName](#getName%28%29)()
Returns a String containing the name of the attribute.
[getValue](#getValue%28%29)()
Returns an Object that is the value of this attribute.
int
[hashCode](#hashCode%28%29)()
Returns a hash code value for this attribute.
[toString](#toString%28%29)()
Returns a String object representing this Attribute's value.

• Constructor Details

  • Attribute

  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 Details

  • getName

  Returns a String containing the name of the attribute.
  Returns:
  the name of the attribute.

  • 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.base/java/lang/Object.html#equals%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [Object](../../../java.base/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(), HashMap

  • hashCode

  public int hashCode()
  Returns a hash code value for this attribute.
  Overrides:
  [hashCode](../../../java.base/java/lang/Object.html#hashCode%28%29) in class [Object](../../../java.base/java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")
  Returns:
  a hash code value for this attribute.
  See Also:
  Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)

  • toString

  Returns a String object representing this Attribute's value. The format of this string is not specified, but users can expect that two Attributes return the same string if and only if they are equal.
  Overrides:
  [toString](../../../java.base/java/lang/Object.html#toString%28%29) in class [Object](../../../java.base/java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")
  Returns:
  a string representation of the object.