Package com.epimorphics.converters

Class SimpleValue

java.lang.Object

com.epimorphics.converters.SimpleValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

Value

public class SimpleValue
extends Object
implements Value

Wraps a value from a data source such as a CSV to simplify conversion to typed values.

Version:

$Revision: $

Author:

Dave Reynolds

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SimpleValue(Object value)
SimpleValue(String lexicalForm)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	asInt()	Return value as a (long) int if possible, otherwise ModalException
boolean	empty()	Return true unless the value is null or an empty string
String	getLexical()	Original lexical form for the value
Object	getValue()	Return the value unconverted.
boolean	isInt()	Test if the value can be treated as a (long) int
boolean	notEmpty()	Return true if the value is non-null and not an empty string
String	str()	Original lexical form for the value, Ruby-friendly alias
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleValue

public SimpleValue(String lexicalForm)

SimpleValue

public SimpleValue(Object value)

Method Detail

getLexical

public String getLexical()

Description copied from interface: Value

Original lexical form for the value

Specified by:

getLexical in interface Value

asInt

public long asInt()

Description copied from interface: Value

Return value as a (long) int if possible, otherwise ModalException

Specified by:

asInt in interface Value

isInt

public boolean isInt()

Description copied from interface: Value

Test if the value can be treated as a (long) int

Specified by:

isInt in interface Value

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getValue

public Object getValue()

Description copied from interface: Value

Return the value unconverted. For CVS source data this will be the lexical form. For values injected by other sources may be any java Object including boxed Integers etc

Specified by:

getValue in interface Value

notEmpty

public boolean notEmpty()

Description copied from interface: Value

Return true if the value is non-null and not an empty string

Specified by:

notEmpty in interface Value

empty

public boolean empty()

Description copied from interface: Value

Return true unless the value is null or an empty string

Specified by:

empty in interface Value

str

public String str()

Description copied from interface: Value

Original lexical form for the value, Ruby-friendly alias

Specified by:

str in interface Value