Package org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances

Class ArrayPropertyValue

java.lang.Object
org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.RepositoryElementHeader
org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.InstanceElementHeader
org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.InstancePropertyValue
org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.instances.ArrayPropertyValue
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
public class ArrayPropertyValue extends InstancePropertyValue
ArrayPropertyValue stores the values of an array within an entity or relationship properties. The elements of the array are stored in an InstanceProperties map where the property name is set to the element number and the property value is set to the value of the element in the array.
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  • Constructor Details

    • ArrayPropertyValue

      public ArrayPropertyValue()
      Default constructor sets the array to empty.

    • ArrayPropertyValue

      public ArrayPropertyValue(ArrayPropertyValue template)
      Copy/clone constructor set up the array using the supplied template.
      Parameters:
      template - ArrayPropertyValue

  • Method Details

    • cloneFromSubclass

      public InstancePropertyValue cloneFromSubclass()
      Delegate the process of cloning to the subclass.
      Specified by:
      cloneFromSubclass in class InstancePropertyValue
      Returns:
      subclass of InstancePropertyValue

    • valueAsString

      public String valueAsString()
      Return the string version of the value - used for error logging.
      Specified by:
      valueAsString in class InstancePropertyValue
      Returns:
      string value

    • valueAsObject

      public Object valueAsObject()
      Return the object version of the value - used for comparisons.
      Specified by:
      valueAsObject in class InstancePropertyValue
      Returns:
      object value

    • getArrayCount

      public int getArrayCount()
      Return the number of elements in the array.
      Returns:
      int array size

    • setArrayCount

      public void setArrayCount(int arrayCount)
      Set up the number of elements in the array.
      Parameters:
      arrayCount - int array size

    • getArrayValues

      public InstanceProperties getArrayValues()
      Return a copy of the array elements.
      Returns:
      InstanceProperties containing the array elements

    • setArrayValue

      public void setArrayValue(int elementNumber, InstancePropertyValue propertyValue)
      Add or update an element in the array.
      Parameters:
      elementNumber - index number of the element in the array
      propertyValue - value to store

    • setArrayValues

      public void setArrayValues(InstanceProperties arrayValues)
      Set up the array elements in one call.
      Parameters:
      arrayValues - InstanceProperties containing the array elements

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Standard toString method.
      Overrides:
      toString in class InstancePropertyValue
      Returns:
      JSON style description of variables.

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object objectToCompare)
      Validate that an object is equal depending on their stored values.
      Overrides:
      equals in class InstancePropertyValue
      Parameters:
      objectToCompare - object
      Returns:
      boolean result

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Return a hash code based on the property values
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class InstancePropertyValue
      Returns:
      int hash code