things.data
Class Nubblet

java.lang.Object
  things.data.Nubblet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Data

Direct Known Subclasses:

Entry

public class Nubblet
extends java.lang.Object
implements Data

This is a nubblet, the simplest form of Data. Nubblets have no creator.

Version:

1.0
Version History
EPG - Rewrite from another - 22May04

, 1.0

Version History

EPG - Rewrite from another project - 22 MAY 04
 

Author:

Erich P. Gatejen
, Erich P. Gatejen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface things.data.Data

Data.Priority, Data.Type

Field Summary

int	numeric Numeric
Data.Priority	priority Numeric
protected java.lang.Object	thing thing

Constructor Summary

Nubblet()
Default constructor is not allowed.

Nubblet(Data.Type t, Data.Priority p, int n, java.lang.Object o)
Constructor.

Method Summary

WhoAmI	birthMyChild(java.lang.String childsName) Create a child ID using the given name.
WhoAmI	birthMyChild(java.lang.String childsName, java.lang.String childsTag) Create a child ID using the given name and tag.
AttributeReader	getAttributes() Get the attributes.
WhoAmI	getCreatorID() Get the creator's ID.
WhoAmI	getID() Get the objects ID.
int	getNumeric() Get the numeric value.
java.lang.String	getNumericString() Get the numeric value.
Data.Priority	getPriority() Get the priority.ed.
long	getStamp() Get the timestamp.
java.lang.Object	getThing() Get the thing (Object).
Data.Type	getType() Get the type.
java.lang.String	toString() Give a textual ID.
java.lang.String	toTag() Give a TAG version of the ID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

thing

protected java.lang.Object thing

thing

numeric

public int numeric

Numeric

priority

public Data.Priority priority

Numeric

Constructor Detail

Nubblet

public Nubblet()
        throws java.lang.Throwable

Default constructor is not allowed. Don't let the user grab the super by accident.

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable

Nubblet

public Nubblet(Data.Type t,
               Data.Priority p,
               int n,
               java.lang.Object o)

Constructor. Sets everything but ID and timestamps it.

Parameters:

t - the type

p - the priority

n - the numeric

o - the object

Method Detail

birthMyChild

public WhoAmI birthMyChild(java.lang.String childsName)

Create a child ID using the given name. Nubblets cannot have children, so this will return an IAmNobody.

Specified by:

birthMyChild in interface Data

Parameters:

childsName - the given name for the child.

Returns:

the textual representation of the ID.

See Also:

IAmNobody

birthMyChild

public WhoAmI birthMyChild(java.lang.String childsName,
                           java.lang.String childsTag)

Create a child ID using the given name and tag. It must yield the same ID if the same value is used for childsName.

Specified by:

birthMyChild in interface Data

Parameters:

childsName - the given name for the child.

childsTag - the tag for the child.

Returns:

the id

See Also:

WhoAmI

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Give a textual ID.

Specified by:

toString in interface Data

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the textual representation of the ID.

See Also:

WhoAmI

toTag

public java.lang.String toTag()

Give a TAG version of the ID. This cannot be used for positive ID, but may make a convenient mnemonic. An implementation may return the same value as toString().

Returns:

the tag representation of the ID.

getID

public WhoAmI getID()

Get the objects ID.

Specified by:

getID in interface Data

Returns:

the id

See Also:

WhoAmI

getCreatorID

public WhoAmI getCreatorID()

Get the creator's ID.

Specified by:

getCreatorID in interface Data

Returns:

the id

See Also:

WhoAmI

getNumeric

public int getNumeric()

Get the numeric value. It is completely up to the setter as to what this means.

Specified by:

getNumeric in interface Data

Returns:

value as an int

getNumericString

public java.lang.String getNumericString()

Get the numeric value. It is completely up to the setter as to what this means.

Specified by:

getNumericString in interface Data

Returns:

value as a string

getPriority

public Data.Priority getPriority()

Get the priority.ed.

Specified by:

getPriority in interface Data

Returns:

the priority.

getStamp

public long getStamp()

Get the timestamp.

Specified by:

getStamp in interface Data

Returns:

timestamp as a long

getThing

public java.lang.Object getThing()

Get the thing (Object).

Specified by:

getThing in interface Data

Returns:

the thing

getType

public Data.Type getType()

Get the type.

Specified by:

getType in interface Data

Returns:

the type

getAttributes

public AttributeReader getAttributes()

Get the attributes.

Specified by:

getAttributes in interface Data

Returns:

the attributes associated with the Data, if any.