org.clapper.curn
Class PersistentMetadataGroup

java.lang.Object
  org.clapper.curn.PersistentMetadataGroup

public class PersistentMetadataGroup
extends java.lang.Object

Contains one group of persistent metadata about a feed or an item. Persistent metadata consists of name/value pairs aggregated into namespaces. An instance of this class represents one namespace's worth of metadata for a feed or an item.

Version:

$Revision: 6547 $

Constructor Summary

PersistentMetadataGroup(java.lang.String namespace)
Creates a new instance of PersistentMetadataGroup.

Method Summary

void	addMetadata(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> metadata) Add an entire map-ful of metadata to this group.
void	addMetadataItem(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Add a name/value pair to this metadata group.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Determine whether this object is equivalent to another.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>	getMetadata() Get the name/value pairs (i.e., the actual data) associated with this metadata group.
java.lang.String	getNamespace() Get the namespace for this group.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>	getNameValuePairs()
int	hashCode() Get the hash code.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PersistentMetadataGroup

public PersistentMetadataGroup(java.lang.String namespace)

Creates a new instance of PersistentMetadataGroup.

Parameters:

namespace - the namespace for this group

Method Detail

getNamespace

public java.lang.String getNamespace()

Get the namespace for this group.

Returns:

the namespace

addMetadataItem

public void addMetadataItem(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String value)

Add a name/value pair to this metadata group.

Parameters:

name - the name

value - the value

addMetadata

public void addMetadata(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> metadata)

Add an entire map-ful of metadata to this group.

Parameters:

metadata - the data

getMetadata

public java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> getMetadata()

Get the name/value pairs (i.e., the actual data) associated with this metadata group.

Returns:

a Map of name/value pair data

getNameValuePairs

public java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> getNameValuePairs()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Get the hash code. Items of this type are hashed by namespace.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the hash code

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Determine whether this object is equivalent to another. A PersistentMetadataGroup object is equivalent to another only if (a) both objects have the same namespace, and (b) both objects contain the same data.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - the other object