com.novell.service.nds
Class NdsString

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.novell.service.nds.NdsString

public class NdsString

extends java.lang.Object

implements , java.io.Serializable

Provides the class from which other NDS string attribute values extend.

See Also:

NdsCaseExactString, NdsCaseIgnoreString, NdsClassName, NdsDistinguishedName, NdsNumericString, NdsPrintableString, NdsTelephoneNumber

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Creates a new object of the same class as this object.
int	compareTo(java.lang.Object anObject) Compares this SchemaValue with the parameter anObject.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object anObject) Compares this object to the specified object.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the object name.
java.lang.String	stringValue() Returns the value of this SchemaString as a String.
java.lang.String	toString() Generates the string representation of this value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

compareTo

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

Compares this SchemaValue with the parameter anObject.

Parameters:

anObject - The SchemaValue to be compared.

Returns:

0 if the argument is equal to this value; an integer less than 0 if this value is less than the argument; an integer greater than 0 if this value is greater than the argument.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception -

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object anObject)

Compares this object to the specified object. The result is TRUE if and only if the argument is not null and is a SchemaString object that contains the same value as this object.

Parameters:

anObject - The object with which to compare.

Returns:

TRUE if the objects are the same; otherwise FALSE.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the object name.

Returns:

The object name as a String.

stringValue

public java.lang.String stringValue()

Returns the value of this SchemaString as a String.

Specified by:

stringValue in interface

Returns:

The String value represented by this object.

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 the string representation of this value. The string consists of the value's syntax id, the name and its values.

Returns:

The String representation of the value.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object