org.asn1s.api.value

Interface Value

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Value>, Ref<Value>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ByteArrayValue, DateValue, DefinedValue, IntegerValue, NamedValue, ObjectIdentifierValue, OpenTypeValue, RealValue, StringValue, ValueCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanValue, NullValue, ObjectValue

public interface Value
extends Ref<Value>, Comparable<Value>

Logical value representation. Use getKind() to find out whether or not you may use methods like toIntegerValue() and others by mask: to*Value()

If you call a method of any conversion ( to*Value() ) when Kind does not approve it, then you always should get UnsupportedOperationException. Those methods may return other object, such as obj == obj.toIntegerValue() is not always true or false.

By default Object.equals(Object) and Object.hashCode() must be used if you want to check exact instance. When logical comparison is required, you must always refer to methods such as: isEqualTo(Value) and Comparable.compareTo(Object)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	Value.Kind

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Value.Kind	getKind() Kind of value, used for logical separation between implementations
default boolean	isEqualTo(Value value) Returns true if value is logically equal to this.
default Value	resolve(Scope scope)
default BooleanValue	toBooleanValue()
default ByteArrayValue	toByteArrayValue()
default DateValue	toDateValue()
default IntegerValue	toIntegerValue()
default NamedValue	toNamedValue()
default NullValue	toNullValue()
default ObjectIdentifierValue	toObjectIdentifierValue()
default ObjectValue	toObjectValue()
default OpenTypeValue	toOpenTypeValue()
default RealValue	toRealValue()
default StringValue	toStringValue()
default ValueCollection	toValueCollection()

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getKind

@NotNull
Value.Kind getKind()

Kind of value, used for logical separation between implementations

Returns:

Kind

isEqualTo

default boolean isEqualTo(Value value)

Returns true if value is logically equal to this.

Parameters:

value - the value to compare

Returns:

boolean

toBooleanValue

default BooleanValue toBooleanValue()

toIntegerValue

default IntegerValue toIntegerValue()

toRealValue

default RealValue toRealValue()

toNullValue

default NullValue toNullValue()

toNamedValue

default NamedValue toNamedValue()

toValueCollection

default ValueCollection toValueCollection()

toStringValue

default StringValue toStringValue()

toDateValue

default DateValue toDateValue()

toByteArrayValue

default ByteArrayValue toByteArrayValue()

toObjectValue

default ObjectValue toObjectValue()

toObjectIdentifierValue

default ObjectIdentifierValue toObjectIdentifierValue()

toOpenTypeValue

default OpenTypeValue toOpenTypeValue()

resolve

default Value resolve(Scope scope)
               throws ResolutionException

Specified by:

resolve in interface Ref<Value>

Throws:

ResolutionException