javax.wbem.cim
Class CIMMethod

java.lang.Object
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  +--javax.wbem.cim.CIMElement
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        +--javax.wbem.cim.CIMMethod

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class CIMMethod

extends CIMElement

implements java.lang.Cloneable

Creates and instantiates a CIM method.

Since:

WBEM 1.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

CIMMethod()
Creates and instantiates a CIM method.

CIMMethod(java.lang.String name)
Creates and instantiates a CIM method with the specified name.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Returns an object that is a copy of this CIM method.
java.lang.Object	clone(boolean includeQualifier, boolean includeClassOrigin) Returns an object that is a copy of this CIM method.
java.lang.String	getOriginClass() Returns the class in which this method was defined.
java.lang.String	getOverridingMethod() Gets the name of the overriding method for this method.
java.util.Vector	getParameters() Returns the list of parameters for this method
CIMQualifier	getQualifier(java.lang.String name)
java.util.Vector	getQualifiers() Returns the list of qualifiers for this method
int	getSize() Returns the size of this method's return value
CIMDataType	getType() Returns the data type of this method's return value
void	setOriginClass(java.lang.String originClass) Sets the class in which this method was defined.
void	setOverridingMethod(java.lang.String name) Sets the name of the overriding method for this method.
void	setParameters(java.util.Vector pTable) Sets the list of parameters for this method to the specified list of parameters
void	setQualifiers(java.util.Vector qTable) Sets the list of qualifiers for this method to the specified list of qualifiers
void	setSize(int size) Sets the size of this method's return type to the specified size
void	setType(CIMDataType type) Sets the data type of this method's return value to the specified CIM data type.
java.lang.String	toMOF() Returns a MOF representation of the CIMMethod
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of the CIMMethod.

Methods inherited from class javax.wbem.cim.CIMElement

assign, equals, getName, lessThan, setName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CIMMethod

public CIMMethod()

Creates and instantiates a CIM method.

CIMMethod

public CIMMethod(java.lang.String name)

Creates and instantiates a CIM method with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - Name of an existing CIM method

Method Detail

setQualifiers

public void setQualifiers(java.util.Vector qTable)

Sets the list of qualifiers for this method to the specified list of qualifiers

Parameters:

qTable - list of qualifiers to be assigned to the method

getQualifiers

public java.util.Vector getQualifiers()

Returns the list of qualifiers for this method

Returns:

Vector list of qualifiers for this method

getQualifier

public CIMQualifier getQualifier(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name - The name of the qualifier to get.

Returns:

Null if the qualifier does not exist, otherwise returns the reference to the qualifier.

getOriginClass

public java.lang.String getOriginClass()

Returns the class in which this method was defined.

Returns:

String Name of class where this property was defined.

setOriginClass

public void setOriginClass(java.lang.String originClass)

Sets the class in which this method was defined.

Parameters:

originClass - The name of the class in which this property is defined.

setParameters

public void setParameters(java.util.Vector pTable)

Sets the list of parameters for this method to the specified list of parameters

Parameters:

pTable - list of parameters to be assigned to this method

getParameters

public java.util.Vector getParameters()

Returns the list of parameters for this method

Returns:

Vector list of this method's parameters

setType

public void setType(CIMDataType type)

Sets the data type of this method's return value to the specified CIM data type.

Parameters:

type - the CIM data type assigned to the method's return value.

getType

public CIMDataType getType()

Returns the data type of this method's return value

Returns:

CIMDataType the CIM data type of this method's return value

getSize

public int getSize()

Returns the size of this method's return value

Returns:

int the integer value of the size of the method's return value

setSize

public void setSize(int size)

Sets the size of this method's return type to the specified size

Parameters:

size - the integer size assigned to this method's return value

setOverridingMethod

public void setOverridingMethod(java.lang.String name)

Sets the name of the overriding method for this method.

Parameters:

name - The string name of the overriding method for this method.

getOverridingMethod

public java.lang.String getOverridingMethod()

Gets the name of the overriding method for this method.

Returns:

String The name of the overriding method for this method.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of the CIMMethod. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be null.

Overrides:

toString in class CIMElement

Returns:

string representation of this method

toMOF

public java.lang.String toMOF()

Returns a MOF representation of the CIMMethod

Returns:

a string representation of this method in Managed Object Format (MOF)

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Returns an object that is a copy of this CIM method. This method calls clone(boolean includeQualifier, boolean includeClassOrigin) with the true values, which indicates that this CIM method contains qualfiiers and class origin.

Returns:

An object that is a copy of this CIM method.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone(boolean includeQualifier,
                              boolean includeClassOrigin)

Returns an object that is a copy of this CIM method.

Parameters:

includeQualifier - A boolean that is true if this CIM method contains CIM qualifiers, otherwise false.

includeClassOrigin - A boolean that is true if this method contains the class origin

Returns:

An object that is a copy of this CIM method.