com.novell.service.nds
Class NdsPath

java.lang.Object
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public class NdsPath

extends java.lang.Object

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

Provides access to values of the Path attribute. It is used for attributes that represent a file system path.

Two paths match for equality when their lengths and corresponding characters, including case, are identical. In matching attributes that conform to this syntax, NDS omits those spaces that are not significant (leading spaces, trailing spaces, and multiple consecutive internal spaces). NDS stores insignificant spaces with the attribute value.

Matching Rules: Equality

See Also:

NdsSyntaxId

Constructor Summary

NdsPath(long nameSpaceType, java.lang.String volumeName, java.lang.String path)
Constructs an NdsPath object based on the specified nameSpaceType, volumeName and path parameters.

Method Summary

boolean	approximate(java.lang.Object anObject) Compares two Objects using the approximate matching rule.
java.lang.Object	clone() Creates a new object of the same class as this object.
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object anObject) Compares two objects for ordering, or compares two strings lexicographically.
int	count() Returns the number of elements in this sequence.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object anObject) Compares two Objects for equality.
long	getNameSpaceType() Returns the long value of the namespace type stored in the NDS attribute.
int	getNdsSyntaxId() Returns the int that represents this NDS syntax ID.
java.lang.String	getPath() Returns the file system path stored as a String in the NDS attribute.
	getValue(java.lang.String compositeId) Returns a SchemaValue object based on the given passed-in string containing the element value.
java.util.Enumeration	getValueIds() Returns an enumeration of element IDs in this composite.
java.util.Enumeration	getValues() Returns an enumeration of this sequence's values.
java.lang.String	getVolumeName() Returns the volume name stored as a String in the NDS attribute.
boolean	supportsMatchingRules(int matchingRules) Checks to see if this object supports the specified matching rules.
java.lang.String	toString() Generates a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NdsPath

public NdsPath(long nameSpaceType,
               java.lang.String volumeName,
               java.lang.String path)

Constructs an NdsPath object based on the specified nameSpaceType, volumeName and path parameters.

Parameters:

nameSpaceType - The type of the namespace stored as a long.

volumeName - The name of the volume object stored as a String.

path - The file system path stored as a String.

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object anObject)
              throws java.lang.Exception

Compares two objects for ordering, or compares two strings lexicographically. The compareTo method does not apply to the NdsPath syntax because this syntax does not support the ordering and substrings matching rules.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object anObject)

Compares two Objects for equality. The equals method compares this object value with the value of the reference object in the anObject parameter.

The equals method implements the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects; that is, for any reference values X and Y, this method returns TRUE if and only if X and Y refer to the same object (X==Y has the value TRUE).

Parameters:

anObject - The reference object with which to compare.

Returns:

A boolean set to TRUE if and only if the argument is not NULL and is an NDS integer object that contains the same value as this object, otherwise set to FALSE.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

count

public int count()

Returns the number of elements in this sequence.

Specified by:

count in interface

Returns:

The number of elements in this sequence as an int.

getValue

public  getValue(java.lang.String compositeId)

Returns a SchemaValue object based on the given passed-in string containing the element value. The SchemaValue object is a Java language data type.

Specified by:

getValue in interface

Parameters:

compositeId - The passed-in string containing the element value.

Returns:

The SchemaValue object containing the nameSpaceType, volumeName and path, or NULL.

getValueIds

public java.util.Enumeration getValueIds()

Returns an enumeration of element IDs in this composite.

Specified by:

getValueIds in interface

Returns:

An enumeration of element IDs in this composite.

getValues

public java.util.Enumeration getValues()

Returns an enumeration of this sequence's values.

Specified by:

getValues in interface

Returns:

An enumeration of this sequence's values.

approximate

public boolean approximate(java.lang.Object anObject)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

Compares two Objects using the approximate matching rule. The approximate method does not apply to the NdsPath syntax because this syntax does not support the approximate equals matching rule.

Specified by:

approximate in interface NdsAttributeValue

getNdsSyntaxId

public int getNdsSyntaxId()

Returns the int that represents this NDS syntax ID.

Specified by:

getNdsSyntaxId in interface NdsAttributeValue

Returns:

The syntax ID as an int.

supportsMatchingRules

public boolean supportsMatchingRules(int matchingRules)

Checks to see if this object supports the specified matching rules. The NdsPath syntax supports only the equality matching rule.

Specified by:

supportsMatchingRules in interface NdsAttributeValue

Parameters:

matchingRules - The set of matching rules to check.

Returns:

A Boolean set to TRUE if the matching rules for this object are equal to the matchingRules parameter.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Creates a new object of the same class as this object. It then initializes each of the new object's fields by assigning them the same value as the corresponding fields in this object. No constructor is called.

Returns:

A clone of this object instance containing the cloned syntax.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Generates a string representation of the object. It returns a string that textually represents the object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy to read.

Returns:

The String representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getNameSpaceType

public long getNameSpaceType()

Returns the long value of the namespace type stored in the NDS attribute.

Returns:

The namespace type stored as a long.

getVolumeName

public java.lang.String getVolumeName()

Returns the volume name stored as a String in the NDS attribute.

Returns:

The volume name stored as a string.

getPath

public java.lang.String getPath()

Returns the file system path stored as a String in the NDS attribute.

Returns:

The file system path stored as a string.