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# Class org.w3c.tools.resources.PropertiesAttribute

    java.lang.Object
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       +----org.w3c.tools.resources.Attribute
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               +----org.w3c.tools.resources.PropertiesAttribute

public class PropertiesAttribute
extends Attribute

The generic description of an PropertiesAttribute. A PropertiesAttribute instance holds a String to String mapping, it should be used only with care, since people may act on a reference to it.

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PropertiesAttribute(String, String, int)
  Create a description for a generic property list attribute.

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checkValue(Object)
  Is the given object a valid PropertiesAttribute value ?
getPickleLength(Object)
  Get the number of bytes required to save that attribute value.
pickle(DataOutputStream, Object)
  Pickle a property list to the given output stream.
unpickle(DataInputStream)
  Unpickle an string from the given input stream.

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PropertiesAttribute

     public PropertiesAttribute(String name,
                                String def,
                                int flags)

  Create a description for a generic property list attribute.

  Parameters:
    name - The attribute name.
    def - The default value for these attributes.
    flags - The associated flags.

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checkValue

     public boolean checkValue(Object obj)

  Is the given object a valid PropertiesAttribute value ?

  Parameters:
    obj - The object to test.
  Returns:
    A boolean true if value is valid.
  Overrides:
    checkValue in class Attribute

getPickleLength

     public final int getPickleLength(Object value)

  Get the number of bytes required to save that attribute value.

  Parameters:
    The - value about to be pickled.
  Returns:
    The number of bytes needed to pickle that value.
  Overrides:
    getPickleLength in class Attribute

pickle

     public void pickle(DataOutputStream out,
                        Object o) throws IOException

  Pickle a property list to the given output stream.

  Parameters:
    out - The output stream to pickle to.
    obj - The object to pickle.
  Throws: IOException
    If some IO error occured.
  Overrides:
    pickle in class Attribute

unpickle

     public Object unpickle(DataInputStream in) throws IOException

  Unpickle an string from the given input stream.

  Parameters:
    in - The input stream to unpickle from.
  Returns:
    An instance of String.
  Throws: IOException
    If some IO error occured.
  Overrides:
    unpickle in class Attribute

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