AbstractVisualPropertyValue (Cytoscape Swing App API (swing-app-api) 3.8.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.cytoscape.view.presentation.property.values.AbstractVisualPropertyValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

VisualPropertyValue
```
public abstract class AbstractVisualPropertyValue
extends Object
implements VisualPropertyValue
```
Base class for all VisualPropertyValue.
Module: presentation-api
To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:
```
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>presentation-api</artifactId>
</dependency>
```
Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (Abstract Class): This class is abstract and meant to be extended by users. This means that we may add methods for minor version updates. Methods will only be removed for major version updates.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractVisualPropertyValue(String displayName, String serializableString)
Constructs an AbstractVisualPropertyValue.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDisplayName()`	Name of this value type.
`String`	`getSerializableString()`	Returns serializable representation of this value.
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractVisualPropertyValue
```
public AbstractVisualPropertyValue(String displayName,
                                   String serializableString)
```
    Constructs an AbstractVisualPropertyValue.
    
    Parameters:
    
    displayName - the display name of the visual property value.
    
    serializableString - the serialiable string of the visual property value
- Method Detail
  - getDisplayName
```
public String getDisplayName()
```
    Description copied from interface: VisualPropertyValue
    
    Name of this value type. For example, Arrow Shape or Node Shape.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getDisplayName in interface VisualPropertyValue
    
    Returns:
    
    human readable name of this object type.
  - getSerializableString
```
public String getSerializableString()
```
    Description copied from interface: VisualPropertyValue
    
    Returns serializable representation of this value.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getSerializableString in interface VisualPropertyValue
    
    Returns:
    
    Value in serializable string form.
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object