org.eidola.kernel
Class Variable

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.Element
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                    +--org.eidola.kernel.NamedElement
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                          +--org.eidola.kernel.Variable

public class Variable

extends NamedElement

A named and typed reference to an object.

Structure:

• name
• owner
• type

Signature:

• name
• type

See note on synchronization and concurrent read safety in Container.

Version:

[Development version]

Author:

Paul Cantrell

Inner Class Summary

class

Variable.Compilation

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

NamedElement.Compilation

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

Element.Compilation

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

Container.Compilation

Field Summary

static ContainerPart

TYPE Part of an element.

Fields inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.NamedElement

NAME

Fields inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.Element

OWNER

Fields inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.Container

CONTENTS, debugCompile

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

debugEvents

Constructor Summary

Variable()
Creates a new variable with no type.

Method Summary

void	dump(int i) Does a debug dump of this container to System.out.
Class	getType() Returns this variable's type.
void	handleTypeEvent(ContainerEvent event) Handles events coming from the variable's type.
protected Container.Compilation	makeNewCompilation() Creates a new Variable.Compilation of an appropriate type for this container.
void	setType(Class newType) Sets this class's type.

Methods inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.NamedElement

broadcastEvent, getName, getSignatureVersion, setName

Methods inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.Element

getFullName, getIndirectOwners, getNamespace, getOwner, handleOwnerEvent, setOwner, toString

Methods inherited from class org.eidola.kernel.Container

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, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TYPE

public static final ContainerPart TYPE

Part of an element.

See Also:

StructureChanged

Constructor Detail

Variable

public Variable()

Creates a new variable with no type.

Method Detail

getType

public Class getType()

Returns this variable's type.

setType

public void setType(Class newType)
             throws IllegalElementType

Sets this class's type.

handleTypeEvent

public void handleTypeEvent(ContainerEvent event)

Handles events coming from the variable's type.

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