Attribute (|---- PROV-MODEL 2.0.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

TypedValue

All Known Subinterfaces:

Label, Location, Other, Role, Type, Value

All Known Implementing Classes:

Label, Location, Other, Role, Type, Value
```
public interface Attribute
extends TypedValue
```
Interface for a PROV attribute-value pair.
Attribute-value pairs are meant to provide further descriptions to (most) Statement.

Author:

lavm

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class Attribute.AttributeKind
Enumerated type for all types of attributes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Attribute.AttributeKind`	`getAttributeKind(QualifiedName q)`
`Object`	`getConvertedValue()`	Returns the value of an Attribute as a Java Object.
`QualifiedName`	`getElementName()`
`Attribute.AttributeKind`	`getKind()`
`QualifiedName`	`getQualifiedName(Attribute.AttributeKind kind)`
`QualifiedName`	`getType()`	Get the type of an Attribute
`Object`	`getValue()`	Get the type of an Attribute
`String`	`toNotationString()`	A method to generate the prov-n representation of an attribute ex:attr="value" %% xsd:type

Methods inherited from interface org.openprovenance.prov.model.TypedValue
convertValueToObject, setType, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValueFromObject

- Method Detail
  - getQualifiedName
```
QualifiedName getQualifiedName(Attribute.AttributeKind kind)
```
  - getAttributeKind
```
Attribute.AttributeKind getAttributeKind(QualifiedName q)
```
  - getElementName
```
QualifiedName getElementName()
```
  - getKind
```
Attribute.AttributeKind getKind()
```
  - getValue
```
Object getValue()
```
    Get the type of an Attribute
    
    Specified by:
    
    getValue in interface TypedValue
    
    Returns:
    
    possible object of String, QualifiedName, LangString
  - getType
```
QualifiedName getType()
```
    Get the type of an Attribute
    
    Specified by:
    
    getType in interface TypedValue
    
    Returns:
    
    possible instance of QualifiedName
  - toNotationString
```
String toNotationString()
```
    A method to generate the prov-n representation of an attribute ex:attr="value" %% xsd:type
  - getConvertedValue
```
Object getConvertedValue()
```
    Returns the value of an Attribute as a Java Object.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getConvertedValue in interface TypedValue
    
    Returns:
    
    possible object is Object