com.novell.admin.ns
Interface ValueStrategy

All Superinterfaces:

Strategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

com.novell.admin.ns.ldap.BinaryStrategy, BooleanStrategy, HexStrategy, IntegerStrategy, StreamStrategy, StringStrategy, TimeStrategy

public interface ValueStrategy

extends Strategy

Contract for all strategy classes that support Value objects.

See Also:

Value

Method Summary

boolean	canCreateValue(java.lang.Object obj) Algorithm used to determine if a Value can be created from an Object.
Syntax	getSyntax() Get the syntax associated with this strategy.

Methods inherited from interface com.novell.admin.ns.Strategy

compare, createValueComponent, createValueComponent, equals, isWithinBounds, toString

Method Detail

canCreateValue

public boolean canCreateValue(java.lang.Object obj)

Algorithm used to determine if a Value can be created from an Object.

Parameters:

obj - Object to be tested.

Returns:

true if Value can be created, false otherwise.

getSyntax

public Syntax getSyntax()

Get the syntax associated with this strategy.

Returns:

Syntax specifically associated with this strategy.