idman.p3p.element
Class DataElement

java.lang.Object
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  +--idman.p3p.element.DataElement

public class DataElement

extends java.lang.Object

Describes the data to be transferred or inferred.
See P3P-Specification
URI reference, where the fragment identifier part denotes the name of a data element/set, and the URI part denotes the corresponding data schema.
<!ELEMENT DATA (#PCDATA | CATEGORIES)*>
<!ATTLIST DATA
ref %URI; #REQUIRED
optional (yes | no) "no" >

Since:

17.06.2002

Version:

$Id: DataElement.java,v 1.7 2003/11/13 16:24:32 tk4 Exp $

Author:

Sven Doering

Constructor Summary

DataElement(boolean optional, java.lang.String ref, java.lang.String value, idman.p3p.element.CategoryElement[] categories)
Creates the DataElement.

Method Summary

idman.p3p.element.CategoryElement[]	getCategories() Returns the categories.
java.lang.String	getRef() Returns the ref-String.
java.lang.String	getValue() Returns the value-String.
boolean	isOptional() Returns if dataelement is optional.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataElement

public DataElement(boolean optional,
                   java.lang.String ref,
                   java.lang.String value,
                   idman.p3p.element.CategoryElement[] categories)
            throws java.lang.Exception

Creates the DataElement. For standard schema data use the data-classes.getAllNameValuePairs() or getAllMarkedDataElementNames() e.g. ... new DataElement(false, "business.name", "Sap", null); value OR categories must be null.

Parameters:

optional - Data may be left blank

ref - Name of the data

value - Value of the data

categories - Categories of the data

Method Detail

getRef

public java.lang.String getRef()

Returns the ref-String.

Returns:

String ref

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Returns the value-String.

Returns:

String value

isOptional

public boolean isOptional()

Returns if dataelement is optional.

Returns:

boolean true, if element is optional; false otherwise

getCategories

public idman.p3p.element.CategoryElement[] getCategories()

Returns the categories.

Returns:

Category[] categories