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package org.apache.commons.betwixt;

/** <p><code>AttributeDescriptor</code> describes the XML attributes
  * to be created for a bean instance.</p>
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
  * @version $Revision: 1.6 $
  */
public class AttributeDescriptor extends NodeDescriptor {

    /** Base constructor */
    public AttributeDescriptor() {
    }

    /** 
     * Creates a AttributeDescriptor with no namespace URI or prefix 
     *
     * @param localName the local name for the attribute, excluding any namespace prefix
     */
    public AttributeDescriptor(String localName) {
        super( localName );
    }

    /** 
     * Creates a AttributeDescriptor with namespace URI and qualified name 
     *
     * @param localName the local name for the attribute, excluding any namespace prefix
     * @param qualifiedName the fully quanified name, including the namespace prefix
     * @param uri the namespace for the attribute - or "" for no namespace
     */
    public AttributeDescriptor(String localName, String qualifiedName, String uri) {
        super(localName, qualifiedName, uri);
    }
    
    /** 
     * Return something useful for logging 
     *
     * @return something useful for logging
     */
    public String toString() {
        return "AttributeDescriptor[qname=" + getQualifiedName() 
            + ",class=" + getPropertyType() + "]";
    }
}