org.quattor.pan.type
Class Type

java.lang.Object
  org.quattor.pan.type.Type

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseType, FullType

public abstract class Type
extends java.lang.Object

Common superclass for all pan language types defining the required methods.

Author:

loomis

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	source
protected java.lang.String	sourceRange

Constructor Summary

Type(java.lang.String source, SourceRange sourceRange)

Method Summary

abstract Element	findDefault(Context context) This method returns the default value for the type or null if no default value exists.
java.lang.String	getSource() Return a string representation of the source containing this type.
java.lang.String	getSourceRange() Retrieve the SourceRange for this type definition.
abstract Element	setDefaults(Context context, Element self) This method will recursively set the default values on the given element.
java.lang.String	toString()
abstract void	validate(Context context, Element self) This method will run this type's validation against the given element.
void	validateAsIncludedType(Context context, Element self) This method will run this type's validation (as an included type) against the given element.
abstract void	verifySubtypesDefined(TypeMap types) This method verifies that all of the types referenced from this type are already defined within the given context.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

source

protected final java.lang.String source

sourceRange

protected final java.lang.String sourceRange

Constructor Detail

Type

public Type(java.lang.String source,
            SourceRange sourceRange)

Method Detail

verifySubtypesDefined

public abstract void verifySubtypesDefined(TypeMap types)
                                    throws EvaluationException

This method verifies that all of the types referenced from this type are already defined within the given context. If not, an EvaluationException will be thrown.

Parameters:

types - TypeMap to use for looking up referenced types

Throws:

EvaluationException

validate

public abstract void validate(Context context,
                              Element self)
                       throws ValidationException

This method will run this type's validation against the given element. The method may not modify either argument.

Parameters:

context - ObjectContext for running the validation

self - Element to validate

Throws:

ValidationException

validateAsIncludedType

public void validateAsIncludedType(Context context,
                                   Element self)
                            throws ValidationException

This method will run this type's validation (as an included type) against the given element. This is separated from the usual validate() method because the validation may be different when the type is included rather than referenced directly. This is the case for the RecordType. The default implementation of this method simply throws a ValidationException indicating that it cannot be the target of the type include statement.

Parameters:

context - ObjectContext for running the validation

self - Element to validate

Throws:

ValidationException

setDefaults

public abstract Element setDefaults(Context context,
                                    Element self)
                             throws EvaluationException

This method will recursively set the default values on the given element. Note that self cannot be null. If the current element is null, then use the findDefault() method to retrieve the default value, set it, and then call this method to descend into referenced type definitions. This method will return a replacement element if necessary. This may be the case self was protected and default values had to be added. This method will return null if no replacement was necessary. It is the caller's responsibility to make the appropriate update to the parent element.

Parameters:

context -

self -

Returns:

replacement element or null if no replacement is necessary

Throws:

EvaluationException

findDefault

public abstract Element findDefault(Context context)

This method returns the default value for the type or null if no default value exists. While only FullType objects can directly have a default value, these can be referenced by other types like AliasType and RecordType.

Parameters:

context - the context may be needed by a complex type to look up other type definitions

Returns:

default value or null if one doesn't exist

getSource

public java.lang.String getSource()

Return a string representation of the source containing this type. If the source wasn't set at creation this returns the string "".

Returns:

String source containing this type

getSourceRange

public java.lang.String getSourceRange()

Retrieve the SourceRange for this type definition. If the location was not defined at creation this returns the string "".

Returns:

String location of this type definition

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object