com.sun.slamd.scripting.ldap
Class AttributeValueList

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.slamd.scripting.ldap.AttributeValueList

public class AttributeValueList

extends java.lang.Object

This class defines a list of explicit values that an attribute may have. The values may be weighted so that some are more likely to occur than others. Values with a larger weight are more likely to occur than values with a smaller weight.

Constructor Summary

AttributeValueList()
Creates a new value list with no values.

Method Summary

void	addValue(java.lang.String value) Adds the specified value to the value list.
void	addValue(java.lang.String value, int weight) Adds the specified value to the value list with the indicated weight.
void	completeInitialization() Indicates that all of the values have been added to the value list and that the value list should be optimized for better performance when retrieving values from it.
java.lang.String	nextValue() Retrieves a value from the value list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeValueList

public AttributeValueList()

Creates a new value list with no values.

Method Detail

addValue

public void addValue(java.lang.String value)

Adds the specified value to the value list. It will be given a weight of 1.

Parameters:

value - The value to add to the value list.

addValue

public void addValue(java.lang.String value,
                     int weight)

Adds the specified value to the value list with the indicated weight.

Parameters:

value - The value to add to the value list.

weight - The weight to use for the value.

completeInitialization

public void completeInitialization()

Indicates that all of the values have been added to the value list and that the value list should be optimized for better performance when retrieving values from it.

nextValue

public java.lang.String nextValue()

Retrieves a value from the value list. The value to retrieve will be chosen at random, but will be somewhat based on the weights associated with each value.

Returns:

A value from the value list.