ilog.cpl.model
Class IlpAbstractClass

java.lang.Object
  ilog.cpl.model.IlpAbstractClass

All Implemented Interfaces:

IlpAttributeGroup, IlpClass

Direct Known Subclasses:

IlpDefaultClass

public abstract class IlpAbstractClass
extends Object
implements IlpClass

ILOG CPL Abstract Business Class. Instances of IlpClass represent classes of the model. This class provides a basic implementation that should be subclassed in order to create the user model classes.

Since:

JTGO 3.0

Constructor Summary

protected

IlpAbstractClass(String name, IlpClass superClass, List subClasses) Creates an IlpAbstractClass.

Method Summary

void	addSubClass(IlpClass subClass) Adds a subclass to the list.
String	getName() Returns the name of the class.
Collection	getSubClasses() Returns the subclasses of this class as a Collection.
IlpClass	getSuperClass() Returns the superclass of this class as an IlpClass.
boolean	isAssignableFrom(IlpClass cls) Determines whether this IlpClass is either the same as, or is a superclass of, the class represented by the specified IlpClass parameter.
boolean	isSubClassOf(IlpClass parent) Returns true if the current class is a subclass of the parent.
void	removeSubClass(IlpClass subClass) Removes a class from the subclasses list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ilog.cpl.model.IlpClass

newInstance, newInstance

Methods inherited from interface ilog.cpl.model.IlpAttributeGroup

addAttributeGroupListener, fireEvent, getAttribute, getAttributes, getDeclaredAttributes, hasAttribute, removeAttributeGroupListener

Constructor Detail

IlpAbstractClass

protected IlpAbstractClass(String name,
                           IlpClass superClass,
                           List subClasses)

Creates an IlpAbstractClass.

Parameters:

name - Business class name

superClass - The superclass of the business class.

subClasses - The subclasses of the new business class.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the class.

Specified by:

getName in interface IlpAttributeGroup

getSuperClass

public IlpClass getSuperClass()

Returns the superclass of this class as an IlpClass. This method should return null when this class has no superclass.

Specified by:

getSuperClass in interface IlpClass

Returns:

The IlpClass superclass.

getSubClasses

public Collection getSubClasses()

Returns the subclasses of this class as a Collection. If the subclass collection is empty, this method returns Collections.EMPTY_LIST.

Specified by:

getSubClasses in interface IlpClass

Returns:

An unmodifiable collection containing IlpClass instances.

isSubClassOf

public boolean isSubClassOf(IlpClass parent)

Returns true if the current class is a subclass of the parent.

Specified by:

isSubClassOf in interface IlpClass

Parameters:

parent - The superclass being checked.

Returns:

The boolean value indicating whether this class is a subclass of the parent class.

isAssignableFrom

public boolean isAssignableFrom(IlpClass cls)

Determines whether this IlpClass is either the same as, or is a superclass of, the class represented by the specified IlpClass parameter. It returns true if so; otherwise it returns false.

Specified by:

isAssignableFrom in interface IlpClass

Parameters:

cls - The IlpClass object to be checked.

Returns:

The boolean value indicating whether objects of the type cls can be assigned to objects of this class.

addSubClass

public void addSubClass(IlpClass subClass)

Adds a subclass to the list.

This methods adds the given class as a subclass of this instance. This method does not update the superclass information in the argument class. To do this, use the method setSuperClass.

removeSubClass

public void removeSubClass(IlpClass subClass)

Removes a class from the subclasses list.

This methods removes the given class as subclass of this instance. This method does not update the superclass information in the argument class. To do this, use the method setSuperClass.