org.universAAL.support.utils.service
Class Variable

java.lang.Object
  org.universAAL.support.utils.service.Value
      org.universAAL.support.utils.service.Variable

public class Variable
extends Value

Class representing a Variable-Input-type argument in a service request. Arguments are the "leaf" objects at the end of a property path and can be of several types depending on what you want to do with them. A Variable-Input-type argument means that you intend to call a service that "handles" the value represented by this argument. The value of the argument is passed onto the service so it can "handle" it.

Author:

alfiva

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.universAAL.support.utils.service.Value

isByURI, uri

Constructor Summary

Variable(Object byValue)
Recommended for use by SimpleRequests.

Variable(String byTypeURI)
Recommended for use by SimpleProfiles.

Method Summary

Object	getObject() This is only supposed to be used internally.
String	getURI() This is only supposed to be used internally.

Methods inherited from class org.universAAL.support.utils.service.Value

byURI, createEmptyInstance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Variable

public Variable(Object byValue)

Recommended for use by SimpleRequests. Value used to define values to be used as variable inputs in arguments of a Request or Profile. If this constructor is used by Simple Profiles with a specific instance value the input is not treated as a variable reference but as a explicit required input.

Parameters:

byValue - An instance of a ManagedIndividual or native type representing the value that must be passed as variable input to the service

Variable

public Variable(String byTypeURI)

Recommended for use by SimpleProfiles. Value used to define values to be used as variable inputs in arguments of a Profile.

Parameters:

byTypeURI - A type URI of a ManagedIndividual or native type representing the type of value that must be passed as variable input to the service. However if the parameter is not a valid URI, it will be understood as an instance of a String, as if it used the "byValue" constructor instead.

Method Detail

getObject

public Object getObject()

This is only supposed to be used internally.

Returns:

The actual value of the variable

getURI

public String getURI()

This is only supposed to be used internally.

Returns:

The type URI of the variable