com.xerox.bantam
Class EnumeratedType

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.xerox.bantam.ClassTypeDescriptor
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        +--com.xerox.bantam.EnumeratedType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, TypeDescriptor

public class EnumeratedType

extends ClassTypeDescriptor

TypeDescriptor for value types that are particular enumerated subsets of values of a Java class.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2000/03/14 18:31:59 $

Author:

Tom Rodriguez

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected ArrayList

members The values in this enumerated type.

Fields inherited from class com.xerox.bantam.ClassTypeDescriptor

clazz

Constructor Summary

EnumeratedType(Class clazz)

Method Summary

void	addValue(Object member)
boolean	contains(Object item) return true if the item is in the type
String	description() return a string describing the possible values, suitable for an error message or other guidance to the user
Object	parse(String name) Try to do something reasonable with the string passed in.
Collection	possibleValues() return null if the possible values can't be enumerated.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class com.xerox.bantam.ClassTypeDescriptor

equals, getBaseType, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

members

protected ArrayList members

The values in this enumerated type.

Constructor Detail

EnumeratedType

public EnumeratedType(Class clazz)

Method Detail

contains

public boolean contains(Object item)

Description copied from class: ClassTypeDescriptor

return true if the item is in the type

Overrides:

contains in class ClassTypeDescriptor

possibleValues

public Collection possibleValues()

Description copied from class: ClassTypeDescriptor

return null if the possible values can't be enumerated.

Overrides:

possibleValues in class ClassTypeDescriptor

description

public String description()

Description copied from class: ClassTypeDescriptor

return a string describing the possible values, suitable for an error message or other guidance to the user

Overrides:

description in class ClassTypeDescriptor

parse

public Object parse(String name)

Description copied from class: ClassTypeDescriptor

Try to do something reasonable with the string passed in. return null if that is not possible

Overrides:

parse in class ClassTypeDescriptor

addValue

public void addValue(Object member)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class ClassTypeDescriptor