net.ramapuram.thomas.model
Class LabelValue

java.lang.Object
  net.ramapuram.thomas.model.LabelValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable

public class LabelValue
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

A simple JavaBean to represent label-value pairs. This is most commonly used when constructing user interface elements which have a label to be displayed to the user, and a corresponding value to be returned to the server. One example is the <html:options> tag.

Note: this class has a natural ordering that is inconsistent with equals.

See Also:

org.apache.struts.util.LabelValueBean, Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.util.Comparator

CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER Comparator that can be used for a case insensitive sort of LabelValue objects.

Constructor Summary

LabelValue()
Default constructor.

LabelValue(java.lang.String label, java.lang.String value)
Construct an instance with the supplied property values.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o) Compare LabelValueBeans based on the label, because that's the human viewable part of the object.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) LabelValueBeans are equal if their values are both null or equal.
java.lang.String	getLabel()
java.lang.String	getValue()
int	hashCode() The hash code is based on the object's value.
void	setLabel(java.lang.String label)
void	setValue(java.lang.String value)
java.lang.String	toString() Return a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER

public static final java.util.Comparator CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER

Comparator that can be used for a case insensitive sort of LabelValue objects.

Constructor Detail

LabelValue

public LabelValue()

Default constructor.

LabelValue

public LabelValue(java.lang.String label,
                  java.lang.String value)

Construct an instance with the supplied property values.

Parameters:

label - The label to be displayed to the user.

value - The value to be returned to the server.

Method Detail

getLabel

public java.lang.String getLabel()

setLabel

public void setLabel(java.lang.String label)

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String value)

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Compare LabelValueBeans based on the label, because that's the human viewable part of the object.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

o - LabelValue object to compare to

Returns:

0 if labels match for compared objects

See Also:

Comparable

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

object as a string

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

LabelValueBeans are equal if their values are both null or equal.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - object to compare to

Returns:

true/false based on whether values match or not

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

The hash code is based on the object's value.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

hashCode

See Also:

Object.hashCode()