com.beowulfchain.beowulfj.protocol

Class AccountName

java.lang.Object

com.beowulfchain.beowulfj.protocol.AccountName

All Implemented Interfaces:

ByteTransformable, SignatureObject

public class AccountName
extends Object
implements ByteTransformable, SignatureObject

This class represents the Beowulf data type "account_name_type".

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AccountName() Create an account name object with an empty account name.
AccountName(String name) Create an account name object containing the given account name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object otherAccount)
String	getName() Get the account name of this instance.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isEmpty() Returns true if, and only if, the account name has more than 0 characters.
void	setName(String name) Set the account name of this instance.
byte[]	toByteArray() Covert the operation into a byte array.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AccountName

public AccountName()

Create an account name object with an empty account name.

AccountName

public AccountName(String name)

Create an account name object containing the given account name.

Parameters:

name - The name for the account to set.

Throws:

InvalidParameterException - If the account name is not valid (@see #setName(String)).

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the account name of this instance.

Returns:

The account name.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Set the account name of this instance.

Parameters:

name - An account name in its String representation. The account name can either be empty or needs to have a length between 3 and 16 characters. If provided, the account name has to follow specific rules:

• The account name must start with: a-z
• Followed by: a-z,0-9,-
• End with: a-z, 0-9

If the account name contains a '.', the rules above are only checked for the characters before the first '.' occurred.

Throws:

InvalidParameterException - If the account does not fulfill the requirements describes above.

toByteArray

public byte[] toByteArray()
                   throws BeowulfInvalidTransactionException

Description copied from interface: ByteTransformable

Covert the operation into a byte array.

Specified by:

toByteArray in interface ByteTransformable

Returns:

The operation as a byte array.

Throws:

BeowulfInvalidTransactionException - If there was a problem while transforming the transaction into a byte array.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object otherAccount)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Returns true if, and only if, the account name has more than 0 characters.

Returns:

true if the account name has more than 0, otherwise false