org.eidola.kernel
Class Namespace

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.eidola.kernel.event.EventBroadcaster
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        +--org.eidola.kernel.Container
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              +--org.eidola.kernel.Namespace

public class Namespace

extends Container

The top container in the container hierarchy. A namespace generally corresponds to a physical unit of a program -- the code within a namespace is stored in the same place and the same way. Full names of elements are unique within a namespace. A namespace has a single root element, typically a package.

Version:

[Development version]

Author:

Paul Cantrell

Inner Class Summary

class

Namespace.Compilation

Inner classes inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.Container

Container.Compilation

Field Summary

static ContainerPart

ROOT Part of an container.

Fields inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.Container

CONTENTS, debugCompile

Fields inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.event.EventBroadcaster

debugEvents

Constructor Summary

Namespace()
Creates a new empty namespace.

Method Summary

void	dump(int i) Does a debug dump of this container to System.out.
Namespace	getNamespace() Returns this namespace.
Element	getRoot() Returns the root element of the namespace.
protected Container.Compilation	makeNewCompilation() Creates a new Namespace.Compilation of an appropriate type for this container.
void	setRoot(Element root) Changes the root element of the namespace.

Methods inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.Container

broadcastEvent, compile, finalize, getCompilation, getCompileVersion, getStructureVersion, handleContentEvent, handleSelfEvent

Methods inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.event.EventBroadcaster

addListener, removeListener, updateBroadcasters

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ROOT

public static final ContainerPart ROOT

Part of an container.

See Also:

StructureChanged

Constructor Detail

Namespace

public Namespace()

Creates a new empty namespace. The new namespace won't be valid until somebody gives it a root element.

Method Detail

getNamespace

public Namespace getNamespace()

Returns this namespace.

Overrides:

getNamespace in class Container

getRoot

public Element getRoot()

Returns the root element of the namespace.

setRoot

public void setRoot(Element root)
             throws IllegalElementType

Changes the root element of the namespace.

makeNewCompilation

protected Container.Compilation makeNewCompilation()

Description copied from class: Container

Creates a new Container.Compilation of an appropriate type for this container. This method only exists because Java does not use runtime types to resolve inner class names; in other words, there are no virtual inner classes. Under normal circumstances, you will not need to call this method directly; use Container.compile() instead. It is a good idea to synchronize on the container when calling this method.

Overrides:

makeNewCompilation in class Container

dump

public void dump(int i)

Description copied from class: Container

Does a debug dump of this container to System.out.

Overrides:

dump in class Container