org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade
Class StringArrayAttribute

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade.Attribute
      extended by 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.