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1 /*
2     Mdarad-Toolobox is a collection of tools for Architected RAD
3     (Rapid Application Development) based on an MDA approach.
4     The toolbox contains frameworks and generators for many environments
5     (JAVA, J2EE, Hibernate, .NET, C++, etc.) which allow to generate
6     applications from a design Model
7     Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Elapse Technologies Inc.
8
9     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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13
14     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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16     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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21     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
22 */
23 package org.mdarad.framework.util.struts.criteria;
24
25 import org.mdarad.framework.enumeration.AllowableValue;
26
27 /**
28  * This class is a enumeration element for the displaying patterns
29  * of a query criterion. For more information on displaying patterns,
30  * see the class {@link CriterionFormPatterns CriterionFormPatterns}
31  * @author Philippe Brouillette
32  * @version 1.0
33  */
34 public class CriterionFormPattern extends AllowableValue {
35
36     /**
37      * Public constructor that initializes the value and the
38      * label of the allowable value
39      * @param value String that represents the value
40      * @param label Label associated to the allowable value
41      */
42     public CriterionFormPattern(String JavaDoc value, String JavaDoc label) {
43         super(value, label);
44     }
45
46     /**
47      * Indicates whether some CriterionFormPattern object is equals to this one
48      * @param obj Object that must be an instance of CriterionFormPattern
49      * @return true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.
50      * @exception IllegalArgumentException Thown if the object is not of type CriterionFormPattern
51      * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
52      */
53     public boolean equals(Object JavaDoc obj) {
54         if (!(obj instanceof CriterionFormPattern)) {
55             throw new IllegalArgumentException JavaDoc("The object to be compared is of the wrong type");
56         }
57         
58         CriterionFormPattern operObj = (CriterionFormPattern) obj;
59         return this.getValue().equals(operObj.getValue());
60     }
61 }
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