org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade
Class StringArrayAttribute

java.lang.Object
  org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade.Attribute
      org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade.StringArrayAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

MimeTypeArrayAttribute

public class StringArrayAttribute
extends Attribute

The generic description of an StringArrayAttribute.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade.Attribute

COMPUTED, DONTSAVE, EDITABLE, flags, MANDATORY, name, type

Constructor Summary

StringArrayAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String[] def, java.lang.Integer flags)

Method Summary

boolean	checkValue(java.lang.Object obj) Is the given object a valid StringArrayAttribute value ?
int	getPickleLength(java.lang.Object value) Get the number of bytes required to save that attribute value.
void	pickle(java.io.DataOutputStream out, java.lang.Object sa) Pickle a String array to the given output stream.
java.lang.String	stringify(java.lang.Object value) Turn a StringArray attribute into a String.
java.lang.Object	unpickle(java.io.DataInputStream in) Unpickle an String array from the given input stream.

Methods inherited from class org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade.Attribute

checkFlag, getDefault, getName, getType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringArrayAttribute

public StringArrayAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String[] def,
                            java.lang.Integer flags)

Method Detail

stringify

public java.lang.String stringify(java.lang.Object value)

Turn a StringArray attribute into a String. We use the normal property convention, which is to separate each item with a |.

Overrides:

stringify in class Attribute

Returns:

A String based encoding for that value.

checkValue

public boolean checkValue(java.lang.Object obj)

Is the given object a valid StringArrayAttribute value ?

Specified by:

checkValue in class Attribute

Parameters:

obj - The object to test.

Returns:

A boolean true if okay.

getPickleLength

public int getPickleLength(java.lang.Object value)

Get the number of bytes required to save that attribute value.

Specified by:

getPickleLength in class Attribute

Parameters:

The - value about to be pickled.

Returns:

The number of bytes needed to pickle that value.

pickle

public void pickle(java.io.DataOutputStream out,
                   java.lang.Object sa)
            throws java.io.IOException

Pickle a String array to the given output stream.

Specified by:

pickle in class Attribute

Parameters:

out - The output stream to pickle to.

obj - The object to pickle.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If some IO error occured.

unpickle

public java.lang.Object unpickle(java.io.DataInputStream in)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Unpickle an String array from the given input stream.

Specified by:

unpickle in class Attribute

Parameters:

in - The input stream to unpickle from.

Returns:

An instance of String[].

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If some IO error occured.