edu.stanford.rt.datatype
Class StringType

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.stanford.rt.datatype.DataType
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        +--edu.stanford.rt.datatype.SimpleType
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              +--edu.stanford.rt.datatype.OrderedType
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                    +--edu.stanford.rt.datatype.StringType

public class StringType

extends OrderedType

Author:

Ninghui Li, Sandra Qiu
Implementation of StringType element

Field Summary

private boolean	ignoreCase
private boolean	ordered

Fields inherited from class edu.stanford.rt.datatype.DataType

Constructor Summary

StringType(java.lang.String name, boolean ignoreCase, boolean ordered)
Constructor for StringType.

Method Summary

int	compares(DataValue value1, DataValue value2) Method compares.
boolean	isIgnoreCase() Method isIgnoreCase.
boolean	isOrdered() Method isOrdered.
boolean	isValidValue(DataValue value) Check if the DataValue o is a legal value for its type.
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.String indent) Method toString.

Methods inherited from class edu.stanford.rt.datatype.DataType

getName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ignoreCase

private boolean ignoreCase

ordered

private boolean ordered

Constructor Detail

StringType

public StringType(java.lang.String name,
                  boolean ignoreCase,
                  boolean ordered)

Constructor for StringType.

Method Detail

isValidValue

public boolean isValidValue(DataValue value)

Description copied from class: SimpleType

Check if the DataValue o is a legal value for its type.

Specified by:

isValidValue in class SimpleType

compares

public int compares(DataValue value1,
                    DataValue value2)

Description copied from class: OrderedType

Method compares. Compares two DataValue objects.

Specified by:

compares in class OrderedType

Parameters:

value1 -

value2 -

Returns:

int

isIgnoreCase

public boolean isIgnoreCase()

Method isIgnoreCase.

Returns:

boolean

isOrdered

public boolean isOrdered()

Method isOrdered.

Returns:

boolean

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.String indent)

Description copied from class: DataType

Method toString.

Overrides:

toString in class DataType

Parameters:

indent -

Returns:

String