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package org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.structs;

import org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.structs.type.TypeHandler;

/**
 * @author mattmann
 * @version $Revision$
 * 
 * <p>
 * A metadata element.
 * </p>
 * 
 */
public class Element {

    /* the element id */
    private String elementId = null;

    /* the element name */
    private String elementName = null;

    /* the corresponding DC element for this CAS element */
    private String dcElement = null;

    /* the element's string description. */
    private String description = null;

    /**
     * <p>
     * Default constructor
     * </p>
     * 
     */
    public Element() {
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Constructs a new CAS element
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param elementId
     *            The element's Id from the database.
     * @param elementName
     *            The element name.
     * @param element
     *            The DC element that corresponds to this archive element.
     * 
     * @param desc
     *            The element's description.
     * 
     */
    public Element(String elementId, String elementName,
            String elemMetadataColumn, String element, 
            String desc, String typeHandler) {
        this.elementId = elementId;
        this.elementName = elementName;
        this.dcElement = element;
        this.description = desc;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
       return this.elementId.hashCode();
    }
    
    /**
     * @return Returns the dcElement.
     */
    public String getDCElement() {
        return dcElement;
    }

    /**
     * @param element
     *            The dcElement to set.
     */
    public void setDCElement(String element) {
        dcElement = element;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the elementId.
     */
    public String getElementId() {
        return elementId;
    }

    /**
     * @param elementId
     *            The elementId to set.
     */
    public void setElementId(String elementId) {
        this.elementId = elementId;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the elementName.
     */
    public String getElementName() {
        return elementName;
    }

    /**
     * @param elementName
     *            The elementName to set.
     */
    public void setElementName(String elementName) {
        this.elementName = elementName;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the description.
     */
    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

    /**
     * @param description
     *            The description to set.
     */
    public void setDescription(String description) {
        this.description = description;
    }  

}