| /* |
| Copyright (c) 2004-2006, The Dojo Foundation |
| All Rights Reserved. |
| |
| Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1 or above OR the |
| modified BSD license. For more information on Dojo licensing, see: |
| |
| http://dojotoolkit.org/community/licensing.shtml |
| */ |
| |
| dojo.provide("dojo.data.old.Attribute"); |
| dojo.require("dojo.data.old.Item"); |
| dojo.require("dojo.lang.assert"); |
| |
| // ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| // Constructor |
| // ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| dojo.data.old.Attribute = function(/* dojo.data.old.provider.Base */ dataProvider, /* string */ attributeId) { |
| /** |
| * summary: |
| * An Attribute object represents something like a column in |
| * a relational database. |
| */ |
| dojo.lang.assertType(dataProvider, dojo.data.old.provider.Base, {optional: true}); |
| dojo.lang.assertType(attributeId, String); |
| dojo.data.old.Item.call(this, dataProvider); |
| this._attributeId = attributeId; |
| }; |
| dojo.inherits(dojo.data.old.Attribute, dojo.data.old.Item); |
| |
| // ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| // Public instance methods |
| // ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| dojo.data.old.Attribute.prototype.toString = function() { |
| return this._attributeId; // string |
| }; |
| |
| dojo.data.old.Attribute.prototype.getAttributeId = function() { |
| /** |
| * summary: |
| * Returns the string token that uniquely identifies this |
| * attribute within the context of a data provider. |
| * For a data provider that accesses relational databases, |
| * typical attributeIds might be tokens like "name", "age", |
| * "ssn", or "dept_key". |
| */ |
| return this._attributeId; // string |
| }; |
| |
| dojo.data.old.Attribute.prototype.getType = function() { |
| /** |
| * summary: Returns the data type of the values of this attribute. |
| */ |
| return this.get('type'); // dojo.data.old.Type or null |
| }; |
| |
| dojo.data.old.Attribute.prototype.setType = function(/* dojo.data.old.Type or null */ type) { |
| /** |
| * summary: Sets the data type for this attribute. |
| */ |
| this.set('type', type); |
| }; |