CollectionAttribute (OpenNMS 2022.1.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

CollectionVisitable, Persistable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollectionAttribute, AliasedAttribute, CollectionAttributeWrapper, LatencyCollectionAttribute, SnmpAttribute
```
public interface CollectionAttribute
extends CollectionVisitable, Persistable
```
CollectionAttribute interface.

Version:

$Id: $

Author:

ranger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CollectionAttributeType`	`getAttributeType()`	Return the attribute type for this attribute.
`String`	`getMetricIdentifier()`	Get the metric identifier for the attribute to be used for NRTG collection
`String`	`getName()`	Gets the name of the attribute
`Number`	`getNumericValue()`	Get the numeric value of the attribute.
`CollectionResource`	`getResource()`	getResource
`String`	`getStringValue()`	Get the value of the attribute as a String.
`AttributeType`	`getType()`	The type of metric that the attribute represents.
`void`	`storeAttribute(Persister persister)`	Stores the attribute using the persister.

Methods inherited from interface org.opennms.netmgt.collection.api.CollectionVisitable
visit

Methods inherited from interface org.opennms.netmgt.collection.api.Persistable
shouldPersist

- Method Detail
  - getResource
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CollectionResource getResource()
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    getResource
    
    Returns:
    
    a org.opennms.netmgt.config.collector.CollectionResource object.
  - getStringValue
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String getStringValue()
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    Get the value of the attribute as a String.
    
    Returns:
    
    a String representing the attribute value
  - getNumericValue
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Number getNumericValue()
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    Get the numeric value of the attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Number object.
  - getName
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String getName()
```
    Gets the name of the attribute
    
    Returns:
    
    a name
  - getMetricIdentifier
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String getMetricIdentifier()
```
    Get the metric identifier for the attribute to be used for NRTG collection
    
    Returns:
    
    the metric identifier
  - storeAttribute
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void storeAttribute(Persister persister)
```
    Stores the attribute using the persister. Not sure this should be here...
    
    Parameters:
    
    persister - a org.opennms.netmgt.collectd.Persister object.
  - getAttributeType
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CollectionAttributeType getAttributeType()
```
    Return the attribute type for this attribute. Not sure what an CollectionAttributeType is yet... please fill in if you do know
    
    Returns:
    
    a org.opennms.netmgt.collectd.CollectionAttributeType object.
  - getType
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AttributeType getType()
```
    The type of metric that the attribute represents.
    
    Returns:
    
    a AttributeType object.