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Interface grendel.search.ISearchAttribute 

public interface  ISearchAttribute
{
          // Methods 8
     public abstract SearchTerm getAttributeTerm(Object, Object);
     public abstract Object getID();
     public abstract String getName();
     public abstract Object getOperator(int);
     public abstract int getOperatorCount();
     public abstract Object getValue(Component);
     public abstract Component getValueComponent();
     public abstract String toString();
}


Methods


• getName 

   public abstract String getName()

Returns a localized, user visible attribute string



• getID 

   public abstract Object getID()

Returns a non-localized attribute identifier



• getOperatorCount 

   public abstract int getOperatorCount()

Returns the number of available operators for this attribute



• getOperator 

   public abstract Object getOperator(int aIndex)

Returns the localized, user visible operator string



• getValueComponent 

   public abstract Component getValueComponent()

Returns the component to use for selecting a value



• getValue 

   public abstract Object getValue(Component aComponent)

Given a component, return the value represented by it. The component is one returned by getValueComponent from the same object.



• getAttributeTerm 

   public abstract SearchTerm getAttributeTerm(Object aOperatorID, 
                                               Object aValue)

Returns an attribute search term.



• toString 

   public abstract String toString()

Same as getName(); 


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