org.jboss.marshalling.util
Class ReadField

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.marshalling.util.ReadField

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<ReadField>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanReadField, ByteReadField, CharReadField, DoubleReadField, FloatReadField, IntReadField, LongReadField, ObjectReadField, ShortReadField

public abstract class ReadField
extends Object
implements Comparable<ReadField>

Base class for a field which was read from the data stream.

Constructor Summary

protected

ReadField(String name, boolean defaulted) Construct a new instance.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(ReadField o) Compare this field with another on the basis of its name.
boolean	getBoolean() Get the boolean value of this field.
byte	getByte() Get the byte value of this field.
char	getChar() Get the character value of this field.
double	getDouble() Get the double value of this field.
float	getFloat() Get the float value of this field.
int	getInt() Get the integer value of this field.
abstract Kind	getKind() Get the kind of field represented by this object.
long	getLong() Get the long value of this field.
String	getName() Get the field name.
Object	getObject() Get the object value of this field.
short	getShort() Get the short value of this field.
boolean	isDefaulted() Determine whether this field was defaulted.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ReadField

protected ReadField(String name,
                    boolean defaulted)

Construct a new instance.

Parameters:

name - the field name

defaulted - true if the field's value was defaulted, false otherwise

Method Detail

getKind

public abstract Kind getKind()

Get the kind of field represented by this object.

Returns:

the kind of field represented by this object

getName

public String getName()

Get the field name.

Returns:

the field name

isDefaulted

public boolean isDefaulted()

Determine whether this field was defaulted.

Returns:

true if this field value was defaulted, false otherwise

getBoolean

public boolean getBoolean()
                   throws IOException

Get the boolean value of this field.

Returns:

the boolean value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

getChar

public char getChar()
             throws IOException

Get the character value of this field.

Returns:

the character value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

getFloat

public float getFloat()
               throws IOException

Get the float value of this field.

Returns:

the float value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

getDouble

public double getDouble()
                 throws IOException

Get the double value of this field.

Returns:

the double value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

getByte

public byte getByte()
             throws IOException

Get the byte value of this field.

Returns:

the byte value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

getShort

public short getShort()
               throws IOException

Get the short value of this field.

Returns:

the short value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

getInt

public int getInt()
           throws IOException

Get the integer value of this field.

Returns:

the integer value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

getLong

public long getLong()
             throws IOException

Get the long value of this field.

Returns:

the long value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

getObject

public Object getObject()
                 throws IOException

Get the object value of this field.

Returns:

the object value of this field

Throws:

IOException - if the value cannot be read

compareTo

public int compareTo(ReadField o)

Compare this field with another on the basis of its name.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<ReadField>

Parameters:

o - the other field object

Returns:

the sort result based on the name of this field and the given field