net.sf.jplist.core
Class DataElement

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jplist.core.DataElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

IElement

public class DataElement
extends java.lang.Object
implements IElement

Implement the DataElement. The DataElement is a scalar type, it is usually used to store byte arrays in String form. The implementation is identical to StringElement, this is something of syntactic sugar for PLists.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Sujit Pal (spal@users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.jplist.core.IElement

ARRAY, DATA, DICTIONARY, DOCUMENT, STRING

Constructor Summary

DataElement()
Instantiate a DataElement object.

Method Summary

void	addContent(java.lang.Object obj) Adds content to the DataElement.
java.lang.Object	getContent() Return the Content of the DataElement.
void	setContent(java.lang.Object obj) Sets content in the DataElement.
int	typeOf() Returns the type of IElement object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataElement

public DataElement()

Instantiate a DataElement object.

Method Detail

getContent

public java.lang.Object getContent()

Return the Content of the DataElement.

Specified by:

getContent in interface IElement

Returns:

the content.

See Also:

IElement.getContent()

addContent

public void addContent(java.lang.Object obj)
                throws JPListException

Adds content to the DataElement.

Specified by:

addContent in interface IElement

Parameters:

obj - the Object which represents the content.

Throws:

JPListException - if there was a problem with adding content.

See Also:

IElement.addContent(java.lang.Object)

setContent

public void setContent(java.lang.Object obj)
                throws JPListException

Sets content in the DataElement. Same as addContent in a scalar context.

Specified by:

setContent in interface IElement

Parameters:

obj - the Object to set.

Throws:

JPListException - if there was a problem with setting content.

See Also:

IElement.setContent(java.lang.Object)

typeOf

public int typeOf()

Returns the type of IElement object.

Specified by:

typeOf in interface IElement

Returns:

the type of IElement object.

See Also:

IElement.typeOf()