org.qtitools.qti.value
Class IdentifierValue

java.lang.Object
  org.qtitools.qti.value.SingleValue
      org.qtitools.qti.value.IdentifierValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Value

public class IdentifierValue
extends SingleValue

Implementation of BaseType identifier value.

Identifier starts with letter or underscore(_) and contains only letters, underscores(_), digits, hyphens(-) and periods(.).

CombiningChars and Extenders are not currently supported!

This class is not mutable and cannot contain NULL value.

Cardinality of this class is always single and BaseType is always identifier.

Author:

Jiri Kajaba

See Also:

Cardinality, BaseType, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

IdentifierValue(java.lang.String value)
Constructs IdentifierValue from given String representation.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object)
BaseType	getBaseType() Returns baseType of this value.
int	hashCode()
static java.lang.String	parseIdentifier(java.lang.String value) Parses the String argument as A identifier.
java.lang.String	stringValue() Returns the value of this IdentifierValue as A String.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.qtitools.qti.value.SingleValue

getCardinality, isNull

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IdentifierValue

public IdentifierValue(java.lang.String value)
                throws QTIParseException

Constructs IdentifierValue from given String representation.

Parameters:

value - String representation of IdentifierValue

Throws:

QTIParseException - if String representation of IdentifierValue is not valid

Method Detail

getBaseType

public BaseType getBaseType()

Description copied from interface: Value

Returns baseType of this value.

If value is NULL or record cardinality returns null.

Returns:

baseType of this value

stringValue

public java.lang.String stringValue()

Returns the value of this IdentifierValue as A String.

Returns:

the value of this IdentifierValue as A String

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

parseIdentifier

public static java.lang.String parseIdentifier(java.lang.String value)
                                        throws QTIParseException

Parses the String argument as A identifier.

Parameters:

value - String representation of identifier

Returns:

parsed identifier

Throws:

QTIParseException - if String representation of identifier is not valid