org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade
Class ClassAttribute

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ClassAttribute
extends Attribute

The generic description of an ClassAttribute.

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

ClassAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class def, java.lang.Integer flags)

Method Summary

boolean	checkValue(java.lang.Object obj) Is the given object a valid ClassAttribute 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 c) Pickle an integer to the given output stream.
java.lang.String	stringify(java.lang.Object value) Make a String out of a ClassAttribute value.
java.lang.Object	unpickle(java.io.DataInputStream in) Unpickle an integer 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

ClassAttribute

public ClassAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.Class def,
                      java.lang.Integer flags)

Method Detail

stringify

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

Make a String out of a ClassAttribute value. The default toString method on classes doesn't work for that purpose, since it will preceed the class name with a class keyword.

Overrides:

stringify in class Attribute

Returns:

The String name of the class.

checkValue

public boolean checkValue(java.lang.Object obj)

Is the given object a valid ClassAttribute value ?

Specified by:

checkValue in class Attribute

Parameters:

obj - The object to test.

Returns:

A boolean true if okay.

getPickleLength

public final 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 c)
            throws java.io.IOException

Pickle an integer 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 integer from the given input stream.

Specified by:

unpickle in class Attribute

Parameters:

in - The input stream to unpickle from.

Returns:

An instance of Integer.

Throws:

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