com.novell.admin.ns

Class Value

java.lang.Object

com.novell.admin.ns.ValueComponent

com.novell.admin.ns.Value

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanValue, DateValue, HexValue, LongValue, StreamValue, StringValue

public abstract class Value
extends ValueComponent
implements java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Abstract class that all atomic Value types must extend.

This is an immutable class. All subclasses must be immutable and implement Cloneable, or Clone() will throw an error.

See Also:

BooleanValue, LongValue, HexValue, StringValue, StreamValue, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Value(Syntax syntax) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	clone() Creates an exact duplicate of this Value.
abstract java.lang.Object	getObjectValue() Returns the value as a native Java Object.

Methods inherited from class com.novell.admin.ns.ValueComponent

compareTo, equals, getSyntax, isWithinBounds, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Value

protected Value(Syntax syntax)

Constructor.

Parameters:

syntax - A specific syntax associated with this value.

Method Detail

getObjectValue

public abstract java.lang.Object getObjectValue()

Returns the value as a native Java Object.

The value returned is an instance of one of the following:

Long

Boolean

String

byte[]

Date

InputStream

Returns:

new Value as an Object type.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Creates an exact duplicate of this Value.

Although this class does not implement Cloneable, all of its subclasses must implement it. This method ensures that subclasses can implement Cloneable correctly.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

new Value as an Object type.