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org.hecl
Class ObjectThing

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.hecl.ObjectThing
All Implemented Interfaces:
RealThing
public class ObjectThing
extends java.lang.Object
implements RealThing

The ObjectThing class provides a wrapper for objects that are not directly representable as strings. FIXME - I am uncertain if this will actually work or not.

Version:
1.0
Author:
David N. Welton

Constructor Summary
ObjectThing()
          Creates a new ObjectThing instance equal to 0.
ObjectThing(java.lang.Object o)
          Creates a new ObjectThing instance with value i.
 
Method Summary
static Thing create(java.lang.Object o)
          The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an ObjectThing internal representation.
 RealThing deepcopy()
          deepcopy makes a copy.
 java.lang.Object get()
          Retrieve the object associated with this instance.
static java.lang.Object get(Thing thing)
          get attempts to fetch an Object from the Thing.
 java.lang.String getStringRep()
          getStringRep creates a string representation of the ObjectThing.
 java.lang.String thingclass()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ObjectThing

public ObjectThing()
Creates a new ObjectThing instance equal to 0.

ObjectThing

public ObjectThing(java.lang.Object o)
Creates a new ObjectThing instance with value i.

Parameters:
o - an Object.
Method Detail

thingclass

public java.lang.String thingclass()
Specified by:
thingclass in interface RealThing

get

public java.lang.Object get()
Retrieve the object associated with this instance.

create

public static Thing create(java.lang.Object o)
The create method creates and returns a newly allocated Thing with an ObjectThing internal representation.

Parameters:
o - an Object
Returns:
a Thing value

get

public static java.lang.Object get(Thing thing)
                            throws HeclException
get attempts to fetch an Object from the Thing.

Parameters:
thing - a Thing value
Returns:
an Object value
Throws:
HeclException - if an error occurs

deepcopy

public RealThing deepcopy()
deepcopy makes a copy.

Specified by:
deepcopy in interface RealThing
Returns:
a RealThing value

getStringRep

public java.lang.String getStringRep()
getStringRep creates a string representation of the ObjectThing.

Specified by:
getStringRep in interface RealThing
Returns:
a String value
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