DynamicAttributesDescriptor (Deployment Related Common Classes 6.2.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- java.util.Observable
- - org.glassfish.deployment.common.DynamicAttributesDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Descriptor
```
public class DynamicAttributesDescriptor
extends Observable
implements Serializable
```
This class is a value holder for dynamic attributes. Dynamic attributes can be added, queried and removed from this value holder. Attributes are identified by a string key.

Author:

Jerome Dochez

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DynamicAttributesDescriptor()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addExtraAttribute(String name, Object value)`	Add a new dynamic attribte
`Object`	`getExtraAttribute(String name)`	Obtain a dynamic attribute from the repository
`Map`	`getExtraAttributes()`	Direct acess to the dynamic attributes repository
`void`	`print(StringBuffer toStringBuffer)`
`void`	`removeExtraAttribute(String name)`	Removes a dynamic attribute from the repository
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable
addObserver, clearChanged, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers, setChanged

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - DynamicAttributesDescriptor
```
public DynamicAttributesDescriptor()
```
- Method Detail
  - getExtraAttributes
```
public Map getExtraAttributes()
```
    Direct acess to the dynamic attributes repository
    
    Returns:
    
    the Map of dynamic attributes
  - addExtraAttribute
```
public void addExtraAttribute(String name,
                              Object value)
```
    Add a new dynamic attribte
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the attribute name
    
    value - the attribute value
  - getExtraAttribute
```
public Object getExtraAttribute(String name)
```
    Obtain a dynamic attribute from the repository
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the attribute name
    
    Returns:
    
    the attribute value of null of non existent
  - removeExtraAttribute
```
public void removeExtraAttribute(String name)
```
    Removes a dynamic attribute from the repository
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the attribute name
  - print
```
public void print(StringBuffer toStringBuffer)
```
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a meaningfull string about ourself No Descriptor class which inherits this class should override this method. Rather print() method which is defined in this class should be overridden to describe itself. Refer to the comments on print() method for more details. This method is optimized for persformance reasons.