javax.management

Class Attribute

java.lang.Object

javax.management.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Attribute
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Represents an MBean attribute, having the name and the assigned value. The MBean objects use this class to get and set attributes values.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Attribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Create the attribute with the given name and value.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Compares the attribute with another attribute.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the attribute name.
java.lang.Object	getValue() Returns the attribute value.
int	hashCode() Need to override as equals(java.lang.Object) is overridden.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name,
         java.lang.Object value)

Create the attribute with the given name and value.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

value - the attribute value

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Compares the attribute with another attribute.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

other - the other object to compare with

Returns:

true if both value and object are equal, false otherwise.

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the attribute name.

Returns:

the attribute name

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Returns the attribute value.

Returns:

the attribute value.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Need to override as equals(java.lang.Object) is overridden.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the expression, dependent of the object and name hashcodes.

See Also:

Object.equals(Object), System.identityHashCode(Object)