Package com.ptc.core.meta.container.common

Class AbstractAttributeContainerFunction

java.lang.Object

com.ptc.core.meta.container.common.AbstractAttributeContainerFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeContainerFunction, Externalizable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

com.ptc.core.meta.container.common.ACFCompare, ACFConditionalExpression, ACFDescendantsOf, ACFIsElementOf, ACFIsInstanceOf, ACFMessageFormat, ACFValueOf, ChangesRecordedElement, ValueWrapperFunction

public abstract class AbstractAttributeContainerFunction
extends Object
implements AttributeContainerFunction, Externalizable

Resolves the_argument to it's most primitive form:

    the_argument                         resolves to
    -------------------                  ----------------
    Object obj                           Object obj
    AttributeContainerFunction acf       Object acf.calculate()
    AttributeContainerFunction[] acfs    Object[] acfs[i's]
    AttributeTypeIdentifier ati          Object attrContainer.get(ati)
    AttributeTypeIdentifier[] atis       Object attrContainer.get(atis[i])
    AttributeIdentifier ai               Object attrContainer.get(ai)
    AttributeIdentifier[] ais            Object attrContainer.get(ais[i])
 

Supported API: true

Extendable: false

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Object	calculate(AttributeContainer the_attribute_container, AssociationIdentifier entry_point)	Supported API: true

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

calculate

public abstract Object calculate(AttributeContainer the_attribute_container,
 AssociationIdentifier entry_point)
                          throws InvalidFunctionArgumentException

Supported API: true

Specified by:

calculate in interface AttributeContainerFunction

Parameters:

the_attribute_container -

entry_point -

Returns:

Object

Throws:

InvalidFunctionArgumentException