com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base
Class UniqueHierarchicalType

java.lang.Object
  com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.UniqueObject
      com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.BasicEnumeratedType
          com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.UniqueHierarchicalType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, HierarchicalType

Direct Known Subclasses:

CommandNodeFlavor, FragmentedString.FragmentType, PlatformID

public class UniqueHierarchicalType

extends BasicEnumeratedType

implements HierarchicalType

A basic UniqueObject-based implementation of a HierarchicalType. Most clients should subclass this class for type safety.

Constructor Summary

UniqueHierarchicalType(String description)
Constructs a new type that doesn't extend anything.

UniqueHierarchicalType(String description, HierarchicalType base1)
Constructs a new type that extends the given type.

UniqueHierarchicalType(String description, HierarchicalType[] bases)
Constructs a new type that extends the given types.

UniqueHierarchicalType(String description, HierarchicalType base1, HierarchicalType base2)
Constructs a new type that extends the given two types.

Method Summary

boolean	equalsOrExtends(HierarchicalType type) Returns true if and only if this HierarchicalType the same as or an extension of the given parameter.
Iterator	getParents() Get an interator over the immediate parents

Methods inherited from class com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.BasicEnumeratedType

compareTo

Methods inherited from class com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.UniqueObject

equals, getUniqueObjectID, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UniqueHierarchicalType

public UniqueHierarchicalType(String description)

Constructs a new type that doesn't extend anything.

Parameters:

description - a description String.

UniqueHierarchicalType

public UniqueHierarchicalType(String description,
                              HierarchicalType[] bases)

Constructs a new type that extends the given types.

Parameters:

description - a description String.

bases - base types that this type extends.

UniqueHierarchicalType

public UniqueHierarchicalType(String description,
                              HierarchicalType base1)

Constructs a new type that extends the given type.

Parameters:

description - a description String.

base1 - base type that this type extends.

UniqueHierarchicalType

public UniqueHierarchicalType(String description,
                              HierarchicalType base1,
                              HierarchicalType base2)

Constructs a new type that extends the given two types.

Parameters:

description - a description String.

base1 - base type that this type extends.

base2 - base type that this type extends.

Method Detail

equalsOrExtends

public boolean equalsOrExtends(HierarchicalType type)

Returns true if and only if this HierarchicalType the same as or an extension of the given parameter.

Specified by:

equalsOrExtends in interface HierarchicalType

Parameters:

type - a type to test

Returns:

true if this type equals or extends the given type

getParents

public Iterator getParents()

Get an interator over the immediate parents

Specified by:

getParents in interface HierarchicalType

Returns:

an Iterator over the immediate parents. The remove() method of the iterator is not implemented.