org.tockit.datatype
Interface Datatype

All Superinterfaces:

XMLizable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDatatype

public interface Datatype

extends XMLizable

Method Summary

boolean	canConvertFrom(Value value)
boolean	canParse(java.lang.String text)
Value	convertType(Value value)
java.lang.String	getName()
void	insertValue(org.jdom.Element element, Value value) Adds the given value into the element.
boolean	isValidValue(Value valueToTest)
Value	parse(java.lang.String text)
Value	toValue(org.jdom.Element element)

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.toscanaj.util.xmlize.XMLizable

readXML, toXML

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

isValidValue

public boolean isValidValue(Value valueToTest)

canConvertFrom

public boolean canConvertFrom(Value value)

convertType

public Value convertType(Value value)
                  throws ConversionException

Throws:

ConversionException

canParse

public boolean canParse(java.lang.String text)

parse

public Value parse(java.lang.String text)
            throws ConversionException

Throws:

ConversionException

toValue

public Value toValue(org.jdom.Element element)

insertValue

public void insertValue(org.jdom.Element element,
                        Value value)

Adds the given value into the element. This can be done either by adding a "value" attribute or by adding content. Both are in the default namespace, but which way is used depends on the actual type implementation.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the value is not of matching type