fido.db
Class AttributeTable

java.lang.Object
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  +--fido.db.AttributeTable

public class AttributeTable

extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

AttributeTable()
Constructs a new AttributeList with no entries in the list.

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String category) Adds or modifies a AttributeList.
void	delete(java.lang.String name) Removes the Attribute referenced by the parameters name.
void	deleteAllForType(java.sql.Statement stmt, java.lang.String type) This method accepts a Statement object from the caller to participate in a transaction.
java.lang.String	get(java.lang.String name) Returns the Attribute type referrenced by the parameter name.
int	hashCode(java.lang.String attribute)
java.util.Collection	list() Returns the names of all Attribute names in the list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeTable

public AttributeTable()

Constructs a new AttributeList with no entries in the list. The database reference is stored so any updates will store in the database. Upon creation, this class will write itself to the database. If an entry with the name AttributeList already exists in the database, the object it points to is replaced.

Throws:

FidoIOException - Input / Output error on creating the AttributeList object

Method Detail

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.String category)
         throws FidoDatabaseException,
                AttributeCategoryNotFoundException

Adds or modifies a AttributeList. The name parameter is the string used to reference the object in the list. If an entry with this name already is in the list, the object replaced with the type parameter.

Parameters:

name - name of the adjective to add to the list

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException - Input / Output error saving Attributes

FidoDatabaseException

AttributeCategoryNotFoundException

delete

public void delete(java.lang.String name)
            throws FidoDatabaseException

Removes the Attribute referenced by the parameters name. If the list contains no entery with that name, this call does nothing. The list is only updated in the database file if the link type was acutally removed.

Parameters:

name - Name of the Attribute to remove

Throws:

FidoIOException - Input / Output error saving GrammarLinkList

FidoDatabaseException

deleteAllForType

public void deleteAllForType(java.sql.Statement stmt,
                             java.lang.String type)
                      throws java.sql.SQLException

This method accepts a Statement object from the caller to participate in a transaction. If this call fails, an SQLException is thrown back to the caller, which rollsback the transaction. If the caller fails a statement, this call will be rolledback.

java.sql.SQLException

get

public java.lang.String get(java.lang.String name)
                     throws FidoDatabaseException,
                            AttributeNotFoundException

Returns the Attribute type referrenced by the parameter name.

Returns:

type of link

Throws:

GrammarLinkNotFoundException - thrown when the name does not exist in the list

FidoDatabaseException

AttributeNotFoundException

list

public java.util.Collection list()
                          throws FidoDatabaseException

Returns the names of all Attribute names in the list. The names of the links are in alphabetical order.

Returns:

list of link names

FidoDatabaseException

hashCode

public int hashCode(java.lang.String attribute)
             throws FidoDatabaseException,
                    AttributeNotFoundException

FidoDatabaseException

AttributeNotFoundException