Class DataType

java.lang.Object
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class DataType

extends Object

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

codeClass

The class that holds the code for each `variable' of this data type.

defaultFixedFileName

The default fixed filename as it is defined in the module description file.

logicalType

The logical data type.

logicalTypeTag

Analogue to physicalTypeTag.

physicalType

The physical data type.

physicalTypeTag

A short version of the physical data type.

DataType(String, String, String)

getCodeClass()

getDataClassName()

A data class can be determined by the physical type.

getDefaultFixedFileName()

getLogicalType()

getLogicalTypeTag()

getPhysicalType()

getPhysicalTypeTag()

 private String physicalType

The physical data type. Identifies the physical data type of a connector, what the extension would be if it was stored on disk. For example gif, mrp or txt.

 private String logicalType

The logical data type. A data type is identified by a physical type and a logical type. One physical type can be divided into different connectors by its logical type. This allows the framework to recognise a distinction between two connectors that both have the same physical type. For example: the logical types eyes and mouth. The logical type also determines the name of the class that holds the code for each `variable' of this data type. This is a class that implements the framework.Data interface.

See Also:

Data

 private String physicalTypeTag

A short version of the physical data type. This string can be used in the construction of the actual file name the data is stored in, while physicalType is a more descriptive string.

 private String logicalTypeTag

Analogue to physicalTypeTag.

See Also:

physicalType

 private String defaultFixedFileName

The default fixed filename as it is defined in the module description file.

 private Class codeClass

The class that holds the code for each `variable' of this data type. This class must implement the framework.Data interface.

See Also:

Data

 DataType(String physicalType,
          String logicalType,
          String defaultFixedFileName)

 String getPhysicalType()

 String getLogicalType()

 String getPhysicalTypeTag()

 String getLogicalTypeTag()

 String getDefaultFixedFileName()

 public String getDataClassName()

A data class can be determined by the physical type.

 Class getCodeClass() throws ClassNotFoundException

Returns:

A Class object for the class that holds the code for this data type. This class is dynamically loaded the first time this method is called. The name of the file the bytecode is loaded from is logicalType.

Throws: ClassNotFoundException

if the class could not be found.

See Also:

logicalType, Class