com.novell.admin.ns
Class ValueComponent

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Value, ValueList

public abstract class ValueComponent

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Storage abstraction for all values and value lists.

This is the abstract class that all Value and ValueList classes must extend. Methods defined by a subclass of this class should defer the implementation details to a strategy class.

See Also:

Value, ValueList, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

ValueComponent(Syntax syntax) Constructor.

Method Summary

long	compareTo(ValueComponent component) Returns the difference between this ValueComponent and another ValueComponent.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Determines if another ValueComponent is identical to the current ValueComponent.
Syntax	getSyntax() Returns the associated syntax.
boolean	isWithinBounds(long lowerBound, long upperBound) Determines if an object is within specific Value bounds.
java.lang.String	toString() Converts this ValueComponent to a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValueComponent

protected ValueComponent(Syntax syntax)

Constructor.

Parameters:

syntax - The associated syntax.

Method Detail

compareTo

public final long compareTo(ValueComponent component)

Returns the difference between this ValueComponent and another ValueComponent.

Parameters:

component - Another ValueComponent.

Returns:

The differences between the ValueComponents.

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Determines if another ValueComponent is identical to the current ValueComponent.

Parameters:

obj - Another ValueComponent object.

Returns:

True if identical, false otherwise.

getSyntax

public final Syntax getSyntax()

Returns the associated syntax.

Returns:

The associated syntax.

isWithinBounds

public final boolean isWithinBounds(long lowerBound,
                                    long upperBound)

Determines if an object is within specific Value bounds.

Parameters:

lowerBound - The lower bound of the Value.

upperBound - The upper bound of the Value.

Returns:

True if the object is within the bounds (inclusive), false otherwise.

toString

public final java.lang.String toString()

Converts this ValueComponent to a String.

Returns:

String representation of this object.