org.hecl

Interface RealThing

All Known Implementing Classes:

CodeThing, DoubleThing, FractionalThing, GroupThing, HashThing, IntegralThing, IntThing, ListThing, LongThing, NumberThing, ObjectThing, StringThing, SubstThing

public interface RealThing

The RealThing interface is the actual value contained within a Thing. It can be of several different types - integers, strings, lists, hashes, and so on.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
RealThing	deepcopy() The deepcopy method must copy a RealThing and any values it contains.
java.lang.String	getStringRep() The getStringRep method returns the string representation of a RealThing.
java.lang.String	thingclass()

Method Detail

thingclass

java.lang.String thingclass()

deepcopy

RealThing deepcopy()
            throws HeclException

The deepcopy method must copy a RealThing and any values it contains.

Returns:

a RealThing value

Throws:

HeclException

getStringRep

java.lang.String getStringRep()

The getStringRep method returns the string representation of a RealThing.

Returns:

a String representation of the value