org.imixs.workflow
Class ItemCollection

java.lang.Object
  org.imixs.workflow.ItemCollection

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ItemCollection
extends Object
implements Serializable

This Class defines a ValueObject to be used to exchange Datastructures used by the org.imixs.workflow Framework. Every component of this framework should use this wrapper class to easy transport workflowrelevant data between the different workflow modules. ValueObjects, particular in J2EE Applications, have the advantage to improve perfomance of remote methode calls and also enables a flexibly datastructure. A ItemCollection contains various Items (attributes). Every Item exist of a Name and a Value. Internal every Value is stored inside a Vector Class. So it is also possible to store multivalueobjects. The ItemCollection wraps the java.util.Hashtable Class and implements the java.io.Serializable Interface, so the ValeOject can also be serialised inside a remote methode call.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Ralph Soika

See Also:

WorkflowManager, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ItemCollection()
Creates a empty ItemCollection

ItemCollection(Map map)
Creates a new ItemCollection and transfers all Objects of map as new values.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o)
Map	getAllItems() returns all Items of the Collection as a Map
Vector	getItemValue(String aName) returns the Value of a single Item inside the ItemCollection.
boolean	getItemValueBoolean(String aName) Returns the boolean value of an item.
Date	getItemValueDate(String aName) Returns the value of an item with a single Date value.
double	getItemValueDouble(String aName) Returns the value of an item with a single numeric value.
int	getItemValueInteger(String aName) Returns the value of an item with a single numeric value.
String	getItemValueString(String aName) Returns the value of an item with a single text value.
boolean	hasItem(String aName) Indicates whether an item exists in the document.
void	removeItem(String name) removes a attribute from the item collection
void	replaceAllItems(Map map) Replaces all items specified in the map with new items, which are assigned to the specified values inside the map
void	replaceItemValue(String aName, Object o) Replaces a item of the specified name with one new item, which is assigned the specified value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ItemCollection

public ItemCollection()

Creates a empty ItemCollection

Throws:

Exception

ItemCollection

public ItemCollection(Map map)
               throws Exception

Creates a new ItemCollection and transfers all Objects of map as new values.

Parameters:

map -

Throws:

Exception

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getItemValue

public Vector getItemValue(String aName)

returns the Value of a single Item inside the ItemCollection. If the item has no value, this method returns an empty vector. If no item with the specified name exists, this method returns an empty vector. It does not throw an exception. The ItemName is not case sensitive. Use hasItem to verify the existence of an item.

Parameters:

aName - The name of an item.

Returns:

The value or values contained in the item. The data type of the value depends on the data type of the item.

Throws:

Exception

getItemValueString

public String getItemValueString(String aName)

Returns the value of an item with a single text value. If the item has no value or the value is numeric or non text, this method returns an empty String. If no item with the specified name exists, this method returns an empty String. It does not throw an exception. If the item has multiple values, this method returns the first value. The ItemName is not case sensitive. Use hasItem to verify the existence of an item.

Parameters:

aName - The name of an item.

Returns:

The value of the item

Throws:

Exception

getItemValueInteger

public int getItemValueInteger(String aName)

Returns the value of an item with a single numeric value. If the item has no value or the value is no Integer, or empty, this method returns 0. If no item with the specified name exists, this method returns 0. It does not throw an exception. If the item has multiple values, this method returns the first value. This method throws a Exception if the stored Item has another item type The ItemName is not case sensitive. Use hasItem to verify the existence of an item.

Parameters:

aName -

Returns:

integer value

Throws:

Exception

getItemValueDate

public Date getItemValueDate(String aName)

Returns the value of an item with a single Date value. If the item has no value or the value is no Date, or empty, this method returns null. If no item with the specified name exists, this method returns null. It does not throw an exception. If the item has multiple values, this method returns the first value. This method throws a Exception if the stored Item has another item type The ItemName is not case sensitive. Use hasItem to verify the existence of an item.

Parameters:

aName -

Returns:

integer value

Throws:

Exception

getItemValueDouble

public double getItemValueDouble(String aName)

Returns the value of an item with a single numeric value. If the item has no value or the value is no Double, or empty, this method returns 0.0. If no item with the specified name exists, this method returns 0.0. It does not throw an exception. If the item has multiple values, this method returns the first value. The Itemname is not case sensetive. Use hasItem to verify the existence of an item.

Parameters:

aName -

Returns:

double value

Throws:

Exception

getItemValueBoolean

public boolean getItemValueBoolean(String aName)

Returns the boolean value of an item. If the item has no value or the value is no boolean, or empty, this method returns false. If no item with the specified name exists, this method returns false. It does not throw an exception. If the item has multiple values, this method returns the first value. This method throws a Exception if the stored Item has another item type. The Itemname is not case sensitive. Use hasItem to verify the existence of an item.

Parameters:

aName -

Returns:

boolean value

Throws:

Exception

hasItem

public boolean hasItem(String aName)

Indicates whether an item exists in the document.

Parameters:

aName - The name of an item.

Returns:

true if an item with name exists in the document, false if no item with name exists in the document

Throws:

Exception

getAllItems

public Map getAllItems()

returns all Items of the Collection as a Map

Returns:

Map with all Items

replaceItemValue

public void replaceItemValue(String aName,
                             Object o)
                      throws Exception

Replaces a item of the specified name with one new item, which is assigned the specified value. If the ItemCollection does not contain an item with the specified name, this method creates a new item and adds it to the ItemCollection. The ItemName is not case sensitive. Use hasItem to verify the existence of an item. The ItemName will be lower cased.

Parameters:

aName - The name of the item or items you want to replace.

o - The value of the new item. The data type of the item depends upon the data type of value, and does not need to match the data type of the old item.

Throws:

Exception

replaceAllItems

public void replaceAllItems(Map map)
                     throws Exception

Replaces all items specified in the map with new items, which are assigned to the specified values inside the map

Parameters:

map -

Throws:

Exception

removeItem

public void removeItem(String name)

removes a attribute from the item collection

Parameters:

name -