Package org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances

Class InstancePropertyValue

java.lang.Object
org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.RepositoryElementHeader
org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.InstanceElementHeader
org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.InstancePropertyValue
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
ArrayPropertyValue, EnumPropertyValue, MapPropertyValue, PrimitivePropertyValue, StructPropertyValue
public abstract class InstancePropertyValue extends InstanceElementHeader
InstancePropertyValue provides a common class for holding an instance type and value.
See Also:

  • Field Details

    • CURRENT_INSTANCE_PROPERTY_VALUE_HEADER_VERSION

      public static final long CURRENT_INSTANCE_PROPERTY_VALUE_HEADER_VERSION
      See Also:

  • Method Details

    • cloneFromSubclass

      public abstract InstancePropertyValue cloneFromSubclass()
      Delegate the process of cloning to the subclass.
      Returns:
      subclass of InstancePropertyValue

    • valueAsString

      public abstract String valueAsString()
      Return the string version of the value - used for error logging.
      Returns:
      string value

    • valueAsObject

      public abstract Object valueAsObject()
      Return the object version of the value - used for comparisons.
      Returns:
      object value

    • getInstancePropertyCategory

      public InstancePropertyCategory getInstancePropertyCategory()
      Return the category of this instance property's type.
      Returns:
      TypeDefCategory enum value

    • setInstancePropertyCategory

      public void setInstancePropertyCategory(InstancePropertyCategory instancePropertyCategory)
      Set up the category for this instance property. This is used on the JSON deserialization.
      Parameters:
      instancePropertyCategory - new category

    • getTypeGUID

      public String getTypeGUID()
      Return the unique GUID for the type.
      Returns:
      String unique identifier

    • setTypeGUID

      public void setTypeGUID(String typeGUID)
      Set up the unique GUID of the type.
      Parameters:
      typeGUID - String unique identifier

    • getTypeName

      public String getTypeName()
      Return the name of the type.
      Returns:
      String type name

    • setTypeName

      public void setTypeName(String typeName)
      Set up the name of the type.
      Parameters:
      typeName - String type name

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Standard toString method.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      JSON style description of variables.

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object objectToCompare)
      Validate that an object is equal depending on their stored values.
      Overrides:
      equals in class RepositoryElementHeader
      Parameters:
      objectToCompare - object
      Returns:
      boolean result

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Return a hash code based on the property values
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class RepositoryElementHeader
      Returns:
      int hash code