BiItem (MessageML Utils 0.9.69 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.symphonyoss.symphony.messageml.bi.BiItem

```
public class BiItem
extends Object
```
A BiItem can be any MessageML element such as , ,
, etc.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`BiItem(String name, String attribute)`	Constructor which takes an item name and an attribute name and initialize a map of attribute setting the attribute value by default to 1.
`BiItem(String name, Map<String,Object> attributes)`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Map<String,Object>`	`getAttributes()`	Returns a map containing all the attributes for a specific MessageML element.
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the name of the MessageML element
`protected void`	`increaseAttributeCount(String attributeName)`	If the attribute is found inside the map the corresponding value will be increased, otherwise the attribute will be put in the map with value 1.

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

- Constructor Detail
  - BiItem
```
public BiItem(String name,
              Map<String,Object> attributes)
```
  - BiItem
```
public BiItem(String name,
              String attribute)
```
    Constructor which takes an item name and an attribute name and initialize a map of attribute setting the attribute value by default to 1.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - ot the item to be created
    
    attribute - name of the attribute to be included in the attributes map
- Method Detail
  - getName
```
public String getName()
```
    Returns the name of the MessageML element
  - getAttributes
```
public Map<String,Object> getAttributes()
```
    Returns a map containing all the attributes for a specific MessageML element. The map is composed by a key/value pair where the key is the name of the attribute and the value is either the number of occurrences for generic attributes of the value or the attribute it self (e.g Button type can be either "action" or "reset"). If a specific attribute is not present the respective value will be set to an empty string.
  - increaseAttributeCount
```
protected void increaseAttributeCount(String attributeName)
```
    If the attribute is found inside the map the corresponding value will be increased, otherwise the attribute will be put in the map with value 1. If the value found is not an integer, then no update will be performed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributeName - name of the attribute to be increased in value