org.hecl

Class ObjectThing

java.lang.Object

org.hecl.ObjectThing

All Implemented Interfaces:

RealThing

public class ObjectThing
extends java.lang.Object
implements RealThing

The ObjectThing class provides a wrapper for objects that are not directly representable as strings. FIXME - I am uncertain if this will actually work or not.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectThing() Creates a new ObjectThing instance equal to 0.
ObjectThing(java.lang.Object o) Creates a new ObjectThing instance with value i.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Thing	create(java.lang.Object o) The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an ObjectThing internal representation.
RealThing	deepcopy() deepcopy makes a copy.
java.lang.Object	get() Retrieve the object associated with this instance.
static java.lang.Object	get(Thing thing) get attempts to fetch an Object from the Thing.
java.lang.String	getStringRep() getStringRep creates a string representation of the ObjectThing.
java.lang.String	thingclass()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectThing

public ObjectThing()

Creates a new ObjectThing instance equal to 0.

ObjectThing

public ObjectThing(java.lang.Object o)

Creates a new ObjectThing instance with value i.

Parameters:

o - an Object.

Method Detail

thingclass

public java.lang.String thingclass()

Specified by:

thingclass in interface RealThing

get

public java.lang.Object get()

Retrieve the object associated with this instance.

create

public static Thing create(java.lang.Object o)

The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an ObjectThing internal representation.

Parameters:

o - an Object

Returns:

a Thing value

get

public static java.lang.Object get(Thing thing)
                            throws HeclException

get attempts to fetch an Object from the Thing.

Parameters:

thing - a Thing value

Returns:

an Object value

Throws:

HeclException - if an error occurs

deepcopy

public RealThing deepcopy()

deepcopy makes a copy.

Specified by:

deepcopy in interface RealThing

Returns:

a RealThing value

getStringRep

public java.lang.String getStringRep()

getStringRep creates a string representation of the ObjectThing.

Specified by:

getStringRep in interface RealThing

Returns:

a String value