com.novell.admin.ns

Interface ValueStrategy

All Superinterfaces:

Strategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanStrategy, CertificateListStrategy, HexStrategy, IntegerStrategy, StreamStrategy, StringStrategy, TimeStrategy

public interface ValueStrategy
extends Strategy

Contract for all strategy classes that support Value objects.

See Also:

Value

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canCreateValue(java.lang.Object obj) Algorithm used to determine if a Value can be created from an Object.
Syntax	getSyntax() Get the syntax associated with this strategy.

Methods inherited from interface com.novell.admin.ns.Strategy

compare, createValueComponent, createValueComponent, equals, isWithinBounds, toString

Method Detail

getSyntax

Syntax getSyntax()

Get the syntax associated with this strategy.

Returns:

Syntax specifically associated with this strategy.

canCreateValue

boolean canCreateValue(java.lang.Object obj)

Algorithm used to determine if a Value can be created from an Object.

Parameters:

obj - Object to be tested.

Returns:

true if Value can be created, false otherwise.