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);
};