inspireit.uddi.base
Class Description

java.lang.Object
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  +--inspireit.uddi.base.Description

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, inspireit.uddi.util.visitors.UDDIElement

public class Description

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable, inspireit.uddi.util.visitors.UDDIElement

Description class.

Author:

Bertrand Fontaine, INSPIRE IT $Revision: 1.2 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	description The description information.
protected UDDILocale	locale The locale defining the language used for the description.

Constructor Summary

Description(java.lang.String description)
Description constructor.

Description(java.lang.String description, UDDILocale locale)
Description constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Checks whether an object is equal to this Description.
UDDILocale	getLocale() Gets the locale defining the language used for the description.
java.lang.String	toString() String representation of this Description.
java.lang.Object	visit(inspireit.uddi.util.visitors.UDDIVisitor visitor) Visits this Description.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

description

protected java.lang.String description

The description information.

locale

protected UDDILocale locale

The locale defining the language used for the description.

Constructor Detail

Description

public Description(java.lang.String description)

Description constructor.

Parameters:

description - The description information.

Description

public Description(java.lang.String description,
                   UDDILocale locale)

Description constructor.

Parameters:

description - The description information.

locale - The locale defining the language used for the description.

Method Detail

getLocale

public UDDILocale getLocale()

Gets the locale defining the language used for the description.

Returns:

the locale defining the language used for the description; null if no locale was specified

visit

public java.lang.Object visit(inspireit.uddi.util.visitors.UDDIVisitor visitor)

Visits this Description.

Specified by:

visit in interface inspireit.uddi.util.visitors.UDDIElement

Parameters:

visitor - The Visitor visiting this Description.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

String representation of this Description.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String representation of this Description

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Checks whether an object is equal to this Description. Two Descriptions are equal if their string representation are equal, even if the respective locales differ.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - The object to test for equality.

Returns:

true if o and this Description are equal; false otherwise