Package com.loop54.model

Class EntityAttribute

java.lang.Object

com.loop54.model.EntityAttribute

public class EntityAttribute
extends Object

Represents an attribute on an entity in the loop54 search engine. This could for instance be "Price", "Name" or "Category" values that belong to an entity.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EntityAttribute(String name, EntityAttributeType type, List<Object> values)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getName()
EntityAttributeType	getType()
<T> T	getValue(Class<T> clazz)	Casts the first value to the specified generic type and returns it, or null if there are no values.
<T> List<T>	getValues(Class<T> clazz)	Casts the values to the specified generic type and return them all as a list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

EntityAttribute

public EntityAttribute(String name,
 EntityAttributeType type,
 List<Object> values)

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Returns:

Name of the attribute. For instance "Price", "Name" or "Category".

getType

public EntityAttributeType getType()

getValue

public <T> T getValue(Class<T> clazz)

Casts the first value to the specified generic type and returns it, or null if there are no values.

Type Parameters:

T - The expected type of the value in the attribute.

Parameters:

clazz - Type of the attribute. This needs to match what the library has deserialized or an exception will be thrown.

Returns:

The first (or only) value or null if empty.

getValues

public <T> List<T> getValues(Class<T> clazz)

Casts the values to the specified generic type and return them all as a list.

Type Parameters:

T - The expected type of the values in the attribute.

Parameters:

clazz - Type of the attribute. This needs to match what the library has deserialized or an exception will be thrown.

Returns:

All values with the desired type as a list.