edu.ksu.cis.projects.bogor.module.value
Interface IStringValue

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<IValue>, Disposable, INonPrimitiveValue, IValue, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultStringValue

public interface IStringValue
extends INonPrimitiveValue

Represents a string value.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2005/06/06 19:15:31 $

Author:

Robby

Method Summary

IStringValue	clone(Map<Object,Object> cloneMap) Override to specialize return type
String	getString() Gets the string of this string value.
byte[][]	linearize() Linearizes this string value.

Methods inherited from interface edu.ksu.cis.projects.bogor.module.value.INonPrimitiveValue

getReferenceId

Methods inherited from interface edu.ksu.cis.projects.bogor.module.value.IValue

equals, getType, getTypeId, hashCode, toString, validate

Methods inherited from interface edu.ksu.cis.projects.bogor.util.Disposable

dispose

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getString

String getString()

Gets the string of this string value.

Returns:

The string of this string value. Non-null.

linearize

byte[][] linearize()

Linearizes this string value.

Returns:

The bit-vectors representation of this string value. Non-null. Each element is non-null.

clone

IStringValue clone(Map<Object,Object> cloneMap)

Override to specialize return type

Specified by:

clone in interface INonPrimitiveValue

Specified by:

clone in interface IValue

Parameters:

cloneMap - Original values (IValue) to their clones ( IValue) mapping. The clone map to solve circular references in values. If this value is a key in the map, then this method returns the value of the key in the map. Must be non-null.

Returns:

The clone of this value. Non-null.