com.novell.admin.ns
Class Value

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.admin.ns.ValueComponent
      com.novell.admin.ns.Value

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanValue, DateValue, HexValue, LongValue, StreamValue, StringValue

public abstract class Value

extends ValueComponent

implements java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Abstract class that all atomic Value types must extend.

This is an immutable class. All subclasses must be immutable and implement Cloneable, or Clone() will throw an error.

See Also:

BooleanValue, LongValue, HexValue, StringValue, StreamValue, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

Value(Syntax syntax) Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

clone() Creates an exact duplicate of this Value.

Methods inherited from class com.novell.admin.ns.ValueComponent

compareTo, equals, getSyntax, isWithinBounds, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Value

protected Value(Syntax syntax)

Constructor.

Parameters:

syntax - A specific syntax associated with this value.

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Creates an exact duplicate of this Value.

Although this class does not implement Cloneable, all of its subclasses must implement it. This method ensures that subclasses can implement Cloneable correctly.

Returns:

new Value as an Object type.