org.rvpf.content

Class AbstractContent

Object

Proxied.Abstract

AbstractContent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Content, Proxied

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanContent, ClockContent, ComplexContent, ContainerContent, NumberContent, StateContent, StringContent, UnspecifiedContent

public abstract class AbstractContent
extends Proxied.Abstract
implements Content

Content converter.

Base class for content converters. It supplies minimal behavior.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Proxied

Proxied.Abstract

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractContent()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Serializable	decode(PointValue pointValue) Decodes the value of a point value.
Serializable	denormalize(NormalizedValue normalizedValue) Denormalizes the value of a point value.
Serializable	encode(PointValue pointValue) Encodes the value of a point value.
Content	getInstance(Point point) Gets an appropriate instance of this content for the point.
Serializable	normalize(PointValue pointValue) Normalizes the value of a point value.
protected void	warnBadValue(PointValue pointValue) Warns about the bad format of a value.

Methods inherited from class Proxied.Abstract

getMetadata, getName, getParams, getProxyEntity, getThisLogger, setUp, tearDown

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractContent

public AbstractContent()

Method Detail

decode

public Serializable decode(PointValue pointValue)

Decodes the value of a point value.

Converts from an external representation to an internal representation.

Specified by:

decode in interface Content

Parameters:

pointValue - The point value associated with the value to decode.

Returns:

The decoded value.

denormalize

public Serializable denormalize(NormalizedValue normalizedValue)

Denormalizes the value of a point value.

Converts from an internal unit to an external unit.

Specified by:

denormalize in interface Content

Parameters:

normalizedValue - The point value associated with the value to be denormalized.

Returns:

The denormalized value.

encode

public Serializable encode(PointValue pointValue)

Encodes the value of a point value.

Converts from an internal representation to an external representation.

Specified by:

encode in interface Content

Parameters:

pointValue - The point value associated with the value to encode.

Returns:

The encoded value.

getInstance

public Content getInstance(Point point)

Gets an appropriate instance of this content for the point.

Specified by:

getInstance in interface Content

Parameters:

point - The point.

Returns:

A content instance (null on failure).

normalize

public Serializable normalize(PointValue pointValue)

Normalizes the value of a point value.

Converts from an external unit to an internal unit.

Specified by:

normalize in interface Content

Parameters:

pointValue - The point value associated with the value to be normalized.

Returns:

A normalized value.

warnBadValue

protected final void warnBadValue(@Nonnull
                                  PointValue pointValue)

Warns about the bad format of a value.

Parameters:

pointValue - The associated point value.