DesignItem.java

/**
 *
    QuickUML; A simple UML tool that demonstrates one use of the 
    Java Diagram Package 

    Copyright (C) 2001  Eric Crahen <crahen@cse.buffalo.edu>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

 */


package uml.diagram;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * @class DesignItem
 *
 * @date 08-20-2001
 * @author Eric Crahen
 * @version 1.0
 */
public abstract class DesignItem implements Cloneable, Serializable {

  protected String itemName;
  protected String itemDescription;

  public DesignItem(String itemName) {
    setName(itemName);
  }
  
  public void setDescription(String itemDescription) {
    this.itemDescription = itemDescription;
  }

  public String getName() {
    return itemName;
  }

  public void setName(String itemName) {
    this.itemName = itemName;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return itemDescription;
  }
  
  abstract public String getType();

  public String toString() {
    return itemName;
  }

}