kirk.io.sdl
Class SDLDataElement

java.lang.Object
  kirk.io.sdl.SDLElement
      kirk.io.sdl.SDLDataElement

public class SDLDataElement

extends SDLElement

This class represents the data element of an SDL document. It has a name and a data (text) value.

Since:

2.00

Version:

2.10

Author:

Berend "Kirk" Wouda

Field Summary

static String	IDENTIFIER The identifier of the data element type.
protected String	value The data value of this element.

Fields inherited from class kirk.io.sdl.SDLElement

name

Constructor Summary

SDLDataElement(String name, String value)
Constructs a new data element with the given name and value.

Method Summary

String	getValue() Returns the value of this element.
Boolean	getValueAsBoolean() Returns the value of this element as a Boolean.
Byte	getValueAsByte() Returns the value of this element as a Byte.
Character	getValueAsCharacter() Returns the value of this element as a Character.
Double	getValueAsDouble() Returns the value of this element as an Double.
Float	getValueAsFloat() Returns the value of this element as an Float.
Integer	getValueAsInteger() Returns the value of this element as an Integer.
Long	getValueAsLong() Returns the value of this element as an Long.
Short	getValueAsShort() Returns the value of this element as a Short.
String	getValueAsString() Returns the value of this element as a String.
StringBuffer	getValueAsStringBuffer() Returns the value of this element as a StringBuffer.
void	setValue(String value) Sets the value to the given value.
String	toString(String indent) Returns a string representation of this SDLDataElement with the given indentation.

Methods inherited from class kirk.io.sdl.SDLElement

getAsDataElement, getAsNormalElement, getName, setName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

value

protected String value

The data value of this element.

IDENTIFIER

public static final String IDENTIFIER

The identifier of the data element type.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SDLDataElement

public SDLDataElement(String name,
                      String value)

Constructs a new data element with the given name and value.

Parameters:

name - The name of the element.

value - The value of the element.

Method Detail

setValue

public void setValue(String value)

Sets the value to the given value.

Parameters:

value - The new value of this element.

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns the value of this element.

Returns:

The value of this element.

getValueAsString

public String getValueAsString()

Returns the value of this element as a String.

Returns:

The value of this element as a String.

getValueAsStringBuffer

public StringBuffer getValueAsStringBuffer()

Returns the value of this element as a StringBuffer.

Returns:

The value of this element as a StringBuffer.

getValueAsCharacter

public Character getValueAsCharacter()
                              throws CharacterFormatException

Returns the value of this element as a Character.

Returns:

The value of this element as a Character.

Throws:

CharacterFormatExeption - When the value couldn't be cast to a character.

CharacterFormatException

getValueAsByte

public Byte getValueAsByte()
                    throws NumberFormatException

Returns the value of this element as a Byte.

Returns:

The value of this element as a Byte.

Throws:

NumberFormatExeption - When the value couldn't be cast to a Byte.

NumberFormatException

getValueAsShort

public Short getValueAsShort()
                      throws NumberFormatException

Returns the value of this element as a Short.

Returns:

The value of this element as a Short.

Throws:

NumberFormatExeption - When the value couldn't be cast to a Short.

NumberFormatException

getValueAsInteger

public Integer getValueAsInteger()
                          throws NumberFormatException

Returns the value of this element as an Integer.

Returns:

The value of this element as a Integer.

Throws:

NumberFormatExeption - When the value couldn't be cast to a Integer.

NumberFormatException

getValueAsLong

public Long getValueAsLong()
                    throws NumberFormatException

Returns the value of this element as an Long.

Returns:

The value of this element as a Long.

Throws:

NumberFormatExeption - When the value couldn't be cast to a Long.

NumberFormatException

getValueAsFloat

public Float getValueAsFloat()
                      throws NumberFormatException

Returns the value of this element as an Float.

Returns:

The value of this element as a Float.

Throws:

NumberFormatExeption - When the value couldn't be cast to a Float.

NumberFormatException

getValueAsDouble

public Double getValueAsDouble()
                        throws NumberFormatException

Returns the value of this element as an Double.

Returns:

The value of this element as a Double.

Throws:

NumberFormatExeption - When the value couldn't be cast to a Double.

NumberFormatException

getValueAsBoolean

public Boolean getValueAsBoolean()
                          throws BooleanFormatException

Returns the value of this element as a Boolean.

Returns:

The value of this element as a Boolean.

Throws:

BooleanFormatException - When the value couldn't be cast to a Boolean.

toString

public String toString(String indent)

Returns a string representation of this SDLDataElement with the given indentation.

Specified by:

toString in class SDLElement

Parameters:

indent - The indentation to be used.

Returns:

A string representation of this SDLDataElement.