com.cafesoft.cams.attr
Interface AttributeValue

All Superinterfaces:

Evaluatable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAttributeValue

public interface AttributeValue

extends Evaluatable

AttributeValue defines the interface for entities representing a typed value.

Since:

4/16/2004

Method Summary

String	encode() Encode the value as a String.
URI	getType() Get the type of this attribute value.
boolean	isBag() Returns whether or not this value is actually a bag of values.

Methods inherited from interface com.cafesoft.cams.attr.Evaluatable

evaluate, evaluatesToBag

Method Detail

getType

public URI getType()

Get the type of this attribute value.

Specified by:

getType in interface Evaluatable

Returns:

the attribute's type

isBag

public boolean isBag()

Returns whether or not this value is actually a bag of values.

Returns:

true if this is a bag of values, false otherwise

encode

public String encode()

Encode the value as a String.

Returns:

a String form of the value