javax.wbem.cim
Class CIMArgument

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class CIMArgument

extends CIMElement

implements java.lang.Cloneable

This class represents parameters that are passed into an extrinsic method when it is invoked. The argument has a name, value and may have qualifiers.

Since:

WBEM 1.0

Constructor Summary

CIMArgument()
Instantiates a CIM argument

CIMArgument(java.lang.String name)
Creates a CIMArgument of the appropriate name.

CIMArgument(java.lang.String name, CIMValue pValue)
Creates a CIMArgument of the appropriate name and value.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Clones this CIM argument.
java.lang.Object	clone(boolean includeQualifier) Clones this CIM argument.
CIMQualifier	getQualifier(java.lang.String name) Returns the appropriate qualifier for this argument.
CIMQualifier[]	getQualifiers() Returns the list of qualifiers for this argument.
CIMDataType	getType() Returns the data type of this argument
CIMValue	getValue() Gets the value for this argument
void	setQualifiers(CIMQualifier[] pqualifiers) Sets the list of qualifiers for this argument to the specified list of qualifiers
void	setType(CIMDataType type) Sets the data type of this argument to the specified CIM data type
void	setValue(CIMValue pValue) Sets the value for this argument.

Methods inherited from class javax.wbem.cim.CIMElement

assign, equals, getName, lessThan, setName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CIMArgument

public CIMArgument()

Instantiates a CIM argument

CIMArgument

public CIMArgument(java.lang.String name)

Creates a CIMArgument of the appropriate name. When used with method invocations, the argument names corresponds to the parameters defined for the method being invoked.

Parameters:

name - name of the CIM argument

CIMArgument

public CIMArgument(java.lang.String name,
                   CIMValue pValue)

Creates a CIMArgument of the appropriate name and value. When used with method invocations, the argument names corresponds to the parameters defined for the method being invoked.

Parameters:

name - name of the CIM argument

pValue - The value for this argument. If the value and its type is non-null, this argument's type is updated with the value's type.

Method Detail

setQualifiers

public void setQualifiers(CIMQualifier[] pqualifiers)

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

Parameters:

pqualifiers - list of qualifiers to be assigned to the argument

getQualifiers

public CIMQualifier[] getQualifiers()

Returns the list of qualifiers for this argument.

Returns:

Vector list of qualifiers for this argument

setType

public void setType(CIMDataType type)

Sets the data type of this argument to the specified CIM data type

Parameters:

type - The CIM data type assigned to the argument

getType

public CIMDataType getType()

Returns the data type of this argument

Returns:

CIMDataType The CIM data type of this argument. If the type has not explicitly been set, then it is extracted from the value.

setValue

public void setValue(CIMValue pValue)

Sets the value for this argument.

Parameters:

pValue - The value for this argument.

getValue

public CIMValue getValue()

Gets the value for this argument

Returns:

The CIM value for this argument.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Clones this CIM argument. The included qualifiers are themselves cloned.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

An object that is a clone of this CIM argument.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone(boolean includeQualifier)

Clones this CIM argument. The included qualifiers are themselves cloned.

Parameters:

includeQualifier - Specifies if the cloned object should contain cloned qualifiers or not.

Returns:

A clone of this CIM argument with or without qualifiers

getQualifier

public CIMQualifier getQualifier(java.lang.String name)

Returns the appropriate qualifier for this argument.

Parameters:

name - The name of the qualifier to get.

Returns:

CIMQualifier The reference to the qualifier Null if the qualifier does not exist