Package org.apache.poi.hpsf

Class CustomProperty

java.lang.Object

org.apache.poi.hpsf.Property

org.apache.poi.hpsf.CustomProperty

public class CustomProperty
extends Property

This class represents custom properties in the document summary information stream. The difference to normal properties is that custom properties have an optional name. If the name is not null it will be maintained in the section's dictionary.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.poi.hpsf.Property

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Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CustomProperty()	Creates an empty CustomProperty.
CustomProperty(Property property)	Creates a CustomProperty without a name by copying the underlying Property' attributes.
CustomProperty(Property property, java.lang.String name)	Creates a CustomProperty with a name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)	Compares two properties.
boolean	equalsContents(java.lang.Object o)	Compares two custom properties for equality.
java.lang.String	getName()	Gets the property's name.
int	hashCode()
void	setName(java.lang.String name)	Sets the property's name.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.poi.hpsf.Property

getID, getType, getValue, setID, setType, setValue, toString, toString, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CustomProperty

public CustomProperty()

Creates an empty CustomProperty. The set methods must be called to make it usable.

CustomProperty

public CustomProperty(Property property)

Creates a CustomProperty without a name by copying the underlying Property' attributes.

Parameters:

property - the property to copy

CustomProperty

public CustomProperty(Property property,
                      java.lang.String name)

Creates a CustomProperty with a name.

Parameters:

property - This property's attributes are copied to the new custom property.

name - The new custom property's name.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the property's name.

Returns:

the property's name.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Sets the property's name.

Parameters:

name - The name to set.

equalsContents

public boolean equalsContents(java.lang.Object o)

Compares two custom properties for equality. The method returns true if all attributes of the two custom properties are equal.

Parameters:

o - The custom property to compare with.

Returns:

true if both custom properties are equal, else false.

See Also:

AbstractSet.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Property

See Also:

AbstractSet.hashCode()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Description copied from class: Property

Compares two properties.

Please beware that a property with ID == 0 is a special case: It does not have a type, and its value is the section's dictionary. Another special case are strings: Two properties may have the different types Variant.VT_LPSTR and Variant.VT_LPWSTR;

Overrides:

equals in class Property

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)