us.bpsm.edn

Class Keyword

java.lang.Object

us.bpsm.edn.Keyword

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Keyword>, Named

public final class Keyword
extends Object
implements Named, Comparable<Keyword>, Serializable

A Keyword is Named. Additionally it obeys the syntactic restrictions defined for edn Keywords.

Note: Keywords print with a leading colon, but this is not part of the keyword's name:

  // For the keyword ":foo/bar"
 Keyword k = newKeyword("foo", "bar");
 k.getName()   => "bar"
 k.getPrefix() => "foo"
 k.toString()  => ":foo/bar"
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface us.bpsm.edn.Named

EMPTY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(Keyword o)
String	getName() The name of this named thing, not including any prefix.
String	getPrefix() The prefix, (also called namespace), which may be empty.
static Keyword	newKeyword(String name) This is equivalent to newKeyword("", name).
static Keyword	newKeyword(String prefix, String name) Provide a Keyword with the given prefix and name.
static Keyword	newKeyword(Symbol sym)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getPrefix

public final String getPrefix()

The prefix, (also called namespace), which may be empty. A Named object with an empty prefix is said to have no prefix.

Specified by:

getPrefix in interface Named

Returns:

a possibly empty string; never null.

getName

public final String getName()

The name of this named thing, not including any prefix.

Specified by:

getName in interface Named

Returns:

a non-empty string.

newKeyword

public static Keyword newKeyword(Symbol sym)

newKeyword

public static Keyword newKeyword(String prefix,
                                 String name)

Provide a Keyword with the given prefix and name.

Keywords are interned, which means that any two keywords which are equal (by value) will also be identical (by reference).

Parameters:

prefix - An empty String or a non-empty String obeying the restrictions specified by edn. Never null.

name - A non-empty string obeying the restrictions specified by edn. Never null.

Returns:

a Keyword, never null.

newKeyword

public static Keyword newKeyword(String name)

This is equivalent to newKeyword("", name).

Parameters:

name - A non-empty string obeying the restrictions specified by edn. Never null.

Returns:

a Keyword without a prefix, never null.

See Also:

newKeyword(String, String)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(Keyword o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Keyword>