edu.iu.dsc.tws.api.comms.messaging.types

Class StringType

java.lang.Object

edu.iu.dsc.tws.api.comms.messaging.types.StringType

All Implemented Interfaces:

MessageType<java.lang.String,char[]>

public class StringType
extends java.lang.Object
implements MessageType<java.lang.String,char[]>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringType()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class<java.lang.String>	getClazz()
DataPacker<java.lang.String,char[]>	getDataPacker()
int	getDataSizeInBytes(java.lang.String data)
int	getUnitSizeInBytes() For arrays this method should return the size of an element in bytes
boolean	isArray()
boolean	isPrimitive() All primitive data types should return true, including the boxed types of primitives

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface edu.iu.dsc.tws.api.comms.messaging.types.MessageType

cast, getDefaultComparator

Constructor Detail

StringType

public StringType()

Method Detail

isPrimitive

public boolean isPrimitive()

Description copied from interface: MessageType

All primitive data types should return true, including the boxed types of primitives

Specified by:

isPrimitive in interface MessageType<java.lang.String,char[]>

Returns:

true if this type is primitive, false otherwise

getUnitSizeInBytes

public int getUnitSizeInBytes()

Description copied from interface: MessageType

For arrays this method should return the size of an element in bytes

Specified by:

getUnitSizeInBytes in interface MessageType<java.lang.String,char[]>

Returns:

the size of an unit.

getDataSizeInBytes

public int getDataSizeInBytes(java.lang.String data)

Specified by:

getDataSizeInBytes in interface MessageType<java.lang.String,char[]>

getClazz

public java.lang.Class<java.lang.String> getClazz()

Specified by:

getClazz in interface MessageType<java.lang.String,char[]>

getDataPacker

public DataPacker<java.lang.String,char[]> getDataPacker()

Specified by:

getDataPacker in interface MessageType<java.lang.String,char[]>

isArray

public boolean isArray()

Specified by:

isArray in interface MessageType<java.lang.String,char[]>