Package com.tameif.tame.element

Class TContainer

java.lang.Object

com.tameif.tame.element.TElement

com.tameif.tame.element.TContainer

All Implemented Interfaces:

ObjectContainer, Saveable

public class TContainer
extends TElement
implements ObjectContainer

Container that just holds objects. It cannot be actioned on.

Author:

Matthew Tropiano

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TContainer(java.lang.String identity) Creates an empty container.
TContainer(java.lang.String identity, TContainer parent) Creates an empty container.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static TContainer	create(java.io.InputStream in) Creates this Container from an input stream, expecting its byte representation.
TContainer	getParent() Gets this object's parent.
boolean	isValidEntryType(BlockEntryType type) Checks if this element handles a particular entry type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from class com.tameif.tame.element.TElement

addBlock, addFunction, equals, equals, fromBytes, getBlock, getBlockEntries, getFunction, getFunctionEntries, getIdentity, hashCode, isArchetype, readBytes, resolveBlock, resolveFunction, setArchetype, setIdentity, setIdentityForced, setParent, toBytes, toString, writeBytes

Constructor Detail

TContainer

public TContainer(java.lang.String identity)

Creates an empty container.

Parameters:

identity - its main identity.

TContainer

public TContainer(java.lang.String identity,
                  TContainer parent)

Creates an empty container.

Parameters:

identity - its main identity.

parent - the container's parent object.

Method Detail

isValidEntryType

public final boolean isValidEntryType(BlockEntryType type)

Description copied from class: TElement

Checks if this element handles a particular entry type.

Specified by:

isValidEntryType in class TElement

Parameters:

type - the entry type to check.

Returns:

true if so, false if not.

create

public static TContainer create(java.io.InputStream in)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Creates this Container from an input stream, expecting its byte representation.

Parameters:

in - the input stream to read from.

Returns:

the read object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if a read error occurs.

getParent

public TContainer getParent()

Description copied from class: TElement

Gets this object's parent. The ordering is in the order they were added.

Overrides:

getParent in class TElement

Returns:

an iterator for this object's lineage.

See Also:

TElement.setParent(TElement)