[Sunxacml-commit] sunxacml/com/sun/xacml/ctx Attribute.java,1.4,1.5

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Update of /cvsroot/sunxacml/sunxacml/com/sun/xacml/ctx
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv14798/com/sun/xacml/ctx

Modified Files:
	Attribute.java 
Log Message:
Introduced new constructor and deprecated the previous one


Index: Attribute.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/sunxacml/sunxacml/com/sun/xacml/ctx/Attribute.java,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -C2 -d -r1.4 -r1.5
*** Attribute.java	29 Aug 2003 18:52:20 -0000	1.4
--- Attribute.java	30 Sep 2003 19:59:13 -0000	1.5
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      /**
+      * Creates a new <code>Attribute</code> of the type specified in the
+      * given <code>AttributeValue</code>.
+      *
+      * @param id the id of the attribute
+      * @param issuer the attribute's issuer or null if there is none
+      * @param issueInstant the moment when the attribute was issued, or null
+      *                     if it's unspecified
+      * @param value the actual value associated with the attribute meta-data
+      */
+     public Attribute(URI id, String issuer, DateTimeAttribute issueInstant,
+                      AttributeValue value) {
+         this(id, value.getType(), issuer, issueInstant, value);
+     }
+ 
+     /**
       * Creates a new <code>Attribute</code>
+      *
+      * @deprecated As of version 1.1, replaced by
+      *        {@link #Attribute(URI,String,DateTimeAttribute,AttributeValue)}.
+      *             This constructor has some ambiguity in that it allows a
+      *             specified datatype and a value that already has some
+      *             associated datatype. The new constructor clarifies this
+      *             issue by removing the datatype parameter and using the
+      *             datatype specified by the given value.
       *
       * @param id the id of the attribute