attribute.java

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package guiAntMiner;

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2007  Fernando Meyer
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * A full copy of the license is available in gpl.txt and online at
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
 */

public class Attribute {
	private String attributeName;
	private String [] typesArray;
	private int [] intTypesArray;
	
	public Attribute(String [] typesArray){
		this.typesArray = typesArray;
		initializeIntTypesArray();
	}
	
	private void initializeIntTypesArray(){
		intTypesArray = new int[typesArray.length];
		for(int x=0; x < typesArray.length; x++){
			intTypesArray[x] = x;
		}
	}
	
	public void setAttributeName(String name){
		attributeName = name;
	}
	public String getAttributeName(){
		return attributeName;
	}
	public String[] getTypes(){
		return typesArray;
	}
	public int[] getIntTypesArray(){
		return intTypesArray;
	}
	
	public int indexOf(String value){
		for(int x=0; x < typesArray.length; x++){
			if(value.compareTo(typesArray[x]) == 0){
				return x;
			}
		}
		return -1;
	}
}