com.tailf.proto

Class ConfEAtom

Object

com.tailf.proto.ConfEObject

com.tailf.proto.ConfEAtom

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConfEBoolean

public class ConfEAtom
extends ConfEObject
implements Serializable, Cloneable

Provides a Java representation of E atoms. Atoms can be created from strings whose length is not more than maxAtomLength characters.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	maxAtomLength The maximun allowed length of an atom, in characters

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConfEAtom(boolean t) Create an atom whose value is "true" or "false".
ConfEAtom(ConfInputStream buf) Create an atom from a stream containing an atom encoded in E external format.
ConfEAtom(String atom) Create an atom from the given string.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	atomValue() Get the actual string contained in this object.
boolean	booleanValue() The boolean value of this atom.
void	encode(ConfOutputStream buf) Convert this atom to the equivalent E external representation.
boolean	equals(Object o) Determine if two atoms are equal.
int	hashCode()
String	toString() Get the printname of the atom represented by this object.

Methods inherited from class com.tailf.proto.ConfEObject

clone, decode

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

maxAtomLength

public static final int maxAtomLength

The maximun allowed length of an atom, in characters

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ConfEAtom

public ConfEAtom(boolean t)

Create an atom whose value is "true" or "false".

Parameters:

t - boolean value true/false

ConfEAtom

public ConfEAtom(ConfInputStream buf)
          throws ConfEDecodeException

Create an atom from a stream containing an atom encoded in E external format.

Parameters:

buf - the stream containing the encoded atom.

Throws:

ConfEDecodeException - if the buffer does not contain a valid external representation of an E atom.

ConfEAtom

public ConfEAtom(String atom)

Create an atom from the given string.

Parameters:

atom - the string to create the atom from.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the string contains more than maxAtomLength characters.

Method Detail

atomValue

public String atomValue()

Get the actual string contained in this object.

Returns:

the raw string contained in this object, without regard to E quoting rules.

See Also:

toString()

booleanValue

public boolean booleanValue()

The boolean value of this atom.

Returns:

the value of this atom expressed as a boolean value. If the atom consists of the characters "true" (independent of case) the value will be true. For any other values, the value will be false.

encode

public void encode(ConfOutputStream buf)

Convert this atom to the equivalent E external representation.

Specified by:

encode in class ConfEObject

Parameters:

buf - an output stream to which the encoded atom should be written.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Determine if two atoms are equal.

Specified by:

equals in class ConfEObject

Parameters:

o - the other object to compare to.

Returns:

true if the atoms are equal, false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Get the printname of the atom represented by this object. The difference between this method and {link #atomValue atomValue()} is that the printname is quoted and escaped where necessary, according to the E rules for atom naming.

Specified by:

toString in class ConfEObject

Returns:

the printname representation of this atom object.

See Also:

atomValue()