/* An attribute used for testing that is never valid.
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package ptolemy.kernel.util.test;
import java.util.Collection;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.KernelRuntimeException;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.NameDuplicationException;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.StringAttribute;
import ptolemy.kernel.util.Workspace;
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// InvalideAttribute
/**
An attribute used for testing that is never valid.
@author Christopher Brooks
@version $Id: InvalidStringAttribute.java,v 1.6 2006/09/16 11:20:47 eal Exp $
@since Ptolemy II 5.2
@Pt.ProposedRating Red (cxh)
@Pt.AcceptedRating Red (cxh)
*/
public class InvalidStringAttribute extends StringAttribute {
/** Construct an attribute in the default workspace with an empty string
* as its name.
* The object is added to the directory of the workspace.
* Increment the version number of the workspace.
*/
public InvalidStringAttribute() {
super();
}
/** Construct an attribute in the specified workspace with an empty
* string as a name. You can then change the name with setName().
* If the workspace argument
* is null, then use the default workspace.
* The object is added to the directory of the workspace.
* Increment the version number of the workspace.
* @param workspace The workspace that will list the attribute.
*/
public InvalidStringAttribute(Workspace workspace) {
super(workspace);
}
/** Construct an attribute with the given name contained by the specified
* entity. The container argument must not be null, or a
* NullPointerException will be thrown. This attribute will use the
* workspace of the container for synchronization and version counts.
* If the name argument is null, then the name is set to the empty string.
* Increment the version of the workspace.
* @param container The container.
* @param name The name of this attribute.
* @exception IllegalActionException If the attribute is not of an
* acceptable class for the container, or if the name contains a period.
* @exception NameDuplicationException If the name coincides with
* an attribute already in the container.
*/
public InvalidStringAttribute(NamedObj container, String name)
throws IllegalActionException, NameDuplicationException {
super(container, name);
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// public methods ////
/** Throw either a KernelRuntimeException or an IllegalActionException.
* @exception IllegalActionException If the expression is not valid, or
* its value is not acceptable to the container or the listeners.
*/
public Collection validate() throws IllegalActionException {
if (getName().equals("KernelRuntimeException")) {
throw new KernelRuntimeException(this,
"Name was \"KernelRuntimeException\", so we throw it");
}
throw new IllegalActionException(this,
"InvalidStringAttributeAlways throws an exception in validate()");
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// private members ////
}