ecologylab.xml.types.scalar
Class ClassType

java.lang.Object
  ecologylab.generic.Debug
      ecologylab.xml.types.scalar.ScalarType<T>
          ecologylab.xml.types.scalar.ReferenceType<java.lang.Class>
              ecologylab.xml.types.scalar.ClassType

public class ClassType
extends ReferenceType<java.lang.Class>

For marshalling Class objects themselves. Particularly useful in ports.

Author:

andruid

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ecologylab.xml.types.scalar.ScalarType

DEFAULT_DELIMS, DEFAULT_DELIMS_TOKENIZER, DEFAULT_VALUE, DEFAULT_VALUE_STRING, MINIMAL_DELIM

Constructor Summary

ClassType()

Method Summary

java.lang.Class	getInstance(java.lang.String value, java.lang.String[] formatStrings, ScalarUnmarshallingContext scalarUnmarshallingContext) Create a class object, using the value as a fully qualified class name.
java.lang.String	marshall(java.lang.Class instance) The string representation for a Field of the type Class

Methods inherited from class ecologylab.xml.types.scalar.ReferenceType

appendValue, appendValue

Methods inherited from class ecologylab.xml.types.scalar.ScalarType

affordsInterestExpression, allowDelimitersInTokens, allowNewLines, appendValue, appendValue, composedOfTerms, defaultValueLength, delimeters, delimitersTokenizer, fieldTypeName, getClassName, getInstance, getTypeClass, illegalChars, isDefaultValue, isDefaultValue, isFloatingPoint, isMarshallOnly, isPrimitive, isReference, needsEscaping, primaryDelimiter, setField, setField, toString

Methods inherited from class ecologylab.generic.Debug

classSimpleName, closeLoggingFile, debug, debug, debug, debug, debugA, debugA, debugA, debugI, debugI, debugI, error, error, getClassName, getInteractive, getPackageName, getPackageName, getPackageName, initialize, level, level, level, logToFile, print, print, println, println, println, println, println, println, printlnA, printlnA, printlnA, printlnI, printlnI, printlnI, printlnI, setLoggingFile, show, show, superString, toggleInteractive, toString, toString, warning, warning, weird, weird

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassType

public ClassType()

Method Detail

getInstance

public java.lang.Class getInstance(java.lang.String value,
                                   java.lang.String[] formatStrings,
                                   ScalarUnmarshallingContext scalarUnmarshallingContext)

Create a class object, using the value as a fully qualified class name. Use the TranslationScope name passed in as the first formatString argument, if there is one, as the source of the Class. Otherwise, use Class.forName().

Specified by:

getInstance in class ScalarType<java.lang.Class>

Parameters:

value - String representation of the instance.

formatStrings - Array of formatting values.

scalarUnmarshallingContext - TODO

marshall

public java.lang.String marshall(java.lang.Class instance)

The string representation for a Field of the type Class

Overrides:

marshall in class ScalarType<java.lang.Class>

Returns: