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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();
}

• 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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