org.openfast.template.type
Class StringType

java.lang.Object
  org.openfast.template.type.Type
      org.openfast.template.type.SimpleType
          org.openfast.template.type.StringType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class StringType
extends SimpleType

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.openfast.template.type.Type

ALL_TYPES, ASCII, BYTE_VECTOR, DECIMAL, I16, I32, I64, I8, INTEGER_TYPES, STRING, U16, U32, U64, U8, UNICODE

Constructor Summary

StringType(java.lang.String typeName, TypeCodec codec, TypeCodec nullableCodec)

Method Summary

TypeCodec	getCodec(Operator operator, boolean optional) Get the approprivate codec for the passed operator
ScalarValue	getDefaultValue()
ScalarValue	getVal(java.lang.String value)
boolean	isValueOf(ScalarValue previousValue)

Methods inherited from class org.openfast.template.type.SimpleType

getValue

Methods inherited from class org.openfast.template.type.Type

equals, getName, getRegisteredTypeMap, getType, hashCode, serialize, toString, validateValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringType

public StringType(java.lang.String typeName,
                  TypeCodec codec,
                  TypeCodec nullableCodec)

Method Detail

getVal

public ScalarValue getVal(java.lang.String value)

Specified by:

getVal in class SimpleType

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

StringValue of given value

getCodec

public TypeCodec getCodec(Operator operator,
                          boolean optional)

Get the approprivate codec for the passed operator

Overrides:

getCodec in class SimpleType

Parameters:

operator - The operator object in which the codec is trying to get

optional - Determines if the Field is required or not for the data

Returns:

Returns the codec if the field is required

getDefaultValue

public ScalarValue getDefaultValue()

Specified by:

getDefaultValue in class Type

Returns:

Returns a new StringValue object with empty string as the value

isValueOf

public boolean isValueOf(ScalarValue previousValue)

Specified by:

isValueOf in class Type

Parameters:

previousValue - The previous value of the Field, used in determining the corresponding field value for the current message being decoded.

Returns:

Returns true if the passed value is an instance of an integer or long