IItem (Metaschema Core API 1.0.0-M1 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAnyAtomicItem, IAnyUriItem, IAssemblyNodeItem, IAtomicValuedItem, IBase64BinaryItem, IBooleanItem, ICycledAssemblyNodeItem, IDateItem, IDateTimeItem, IDayTimeDurationItem, IDecimalItem, IDefinitionNodeItem<D,I>, IDocumentNodeItem, IDurationItem, IEmailAddressItem, gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.core.metapath.item.node.IFeatureNoDataItem, IFieldNodeItem, IFlagNodeItem, IHostnameItem, IIntegerItem, IIPAddressItem, IIPv4AddressItem, IIPv6AddressItem, IMarkupItem, IModelNodeItem<D,I>, IModuleNodeItem, INcNameItem, INodeItem, INonNegativeIntegerItem, INumericItem, IPositiveIntegerItem, IRootAssemblyNodeItem, IStringItem, ITokenItem, IUntypedAtomicItem, IUriReferenceItem, IUuidItem, IYearMonthDurationItem

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnyAtomicItem, AbstractIntegerItem, AbstractNumericItem, AbstractStringItem
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public interface IItem
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Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`getValue()`	Get the item's "wrapped" value.
`default boolean`	`hasValue()`	Determine if the item has an associated value.

- Method Detail
  - getValue
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Object getValue()
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    Get the item's "wrapped" value. This "wrapped" value may be:
    
    In the case of an Assembly, a Java object representing the fields and flags of the assembly.
    
    In the case of a Field with flags, a Java object representing the field value and flags of the field.
    In the case of a Field without flags or a flag, a Java type managed by a IDataTypeAdapter or a primitive type provided by the Java standard library.
    Returns:
    
    the value or null if the item has no available value
  - hasValue
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default boolean hasValue()
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    Determine if the item has an associated value.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the item has a non-null value or false otherwise