Gets the value(s) for <b>alias</b> ().
creating it if it does
not exist. Will not return <code>null</code>.

<p>
<b>Definition:</b>
Identifies additional names by which this element might also be known
</p>
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public java.util.List<StringDt> getAlias() {  
		if (myAlias == null) {
			myAlias = new java.util.ArrayList<StringDt>();
		}
		return myAlias;
	}
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public function getAlias() {
        if ($this->getJoins() || $this instanceof SubQuery || in_array($this->getType(), [self::CREATE_INDEX, self::DROP_INDEX])) {
            return $this->_alias;
        }

        return null;
    }
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protected String resolveKey(String alias) {
		List<String> possibleKeys = aliases.get(alias);
		for (String key : possibleKeys) {
			if (resolver.containsProperty(key)) {
				return key;
			}
		}
		return null;
	}
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public String getSelectedValue() {
        List<WebElement> options = getElement().findElements(By.tagName("option"));
        for (WebElement option : options) {
            if (option.isSelected()) {
                return option.getAttribute("value");
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
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public Object fetchValue()
    {
        try
        {
            return m_propertyMetadata.getGetMethod().invoke(m_proxyObject.getObject());
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
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public String getResourceAlias(String alias)
    {
        if (_resourceAliases == null)
            return null;
        return (String)_resourceAliases.get(alias);
    }
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public T get(final String name) {
        for (final T i : this) {
            if (i.getName().equals(name)) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
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public static Node getAssignedValue(Node n) {
    checkState(n.isName() || n.isGetProp(), n);
    Node parent = n.getParent();
    if (NodeUtil.isNameDeclaration(parent)) {
      return n.getFirstChild();
    } else if (parent.isAssign() && parent.getFirstChild() == n) {
      return n.getNext();
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  }
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public IDescriptorResult getCachedDescriptorValue(IAtom atom) {
        if (cachedDescriptorValues == null) return null;
        return (IDescriptorResult) cachedDescriptorValues.get(atom);
    }
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@Nullable
	public String getValueFrom(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement) {

		Assert.notNull(annotatedElement, "Annotated element must not be null!");
		Annotation annotation = annotatedElement.getAnnotation(annotationType);
		return annotation == null ? null : getValueFrom(annotation);
	}
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def get_alias(self):
        
        alias = None
        if self.alias:
            alias = self.alias
        elif self.auto_alias:
            alias = self.auto_alias

        return alias
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public String[] getValues() {
        return value == null || value.isEmpty() ? new String[0] : len == 1 ? new String[] { value } : value.split("\\s+");
    }
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public String getValue(FaceletContext ctx)
    {
        if ((this.capabilities & EL_LITERAL) != 0)
        {
            return this.value;
        }
        else
        {
            return (String) this.getObject(ctx, String.class);
        }
    }
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public ElementDefinitionDt addAlias(StringDt theValue) {
		if (theValue == null) {
			throw new NullPointerException("theValue must not be null");
		}
		getAlias().add(theValue);
		return this;
	}
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public List<abstractTiffType> getDescriptiveValueObject() {
    Tag tag = TiffTags.getTag(id);
    if (tag != null) {
      if (tag.hasReadableDescription()){
        String desc = this.toString();
        String tagDescription = tag.getTextDescription(toString());
        if (tagDescription != null){
          desc = tagDescription;
        }
        return Arrays.asList(new Text(desc));
      } else {
        return getValue();
      }
    }
    return null;
  }
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@Override
    public Object getValue() throws WidgetException {
        List<String> selectedOptions = null;
        try {
            selectedOptions = getSelectedItems_internal();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new WidgetException("Error while fetching selected value on select",
                    getByLocator(), e);
        }

        if (selectedOptions.size() == 0) {
            return null;
        } else if (selectedOptions.size() == 1) {
            return selectedOptions.get(0);
        } else {
            return selectedOptions;
        }
    }
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@Pure
	public List<Object> getAddedValues() {
		if (this.newValues == null) {
			return Collections.emptyList();
		}
		return Collections.unmodifiableList(this.newValues);
	}