nu.dll.lyskom
Class Hollerith

java.lang.Object
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  +--nu.dll.lyskom.KomToken
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        +--nu.dll.lyskom.Hollerith

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

HollerithStream, Text

public class Hollerith

extends KomToken

implements java.io.Serializable

Class representing the LysKOM datatype Hollerith. A Hollerith represents a byte vector of arbitrary length containing arbitrary byte values. It is used for all handling of strings in LysKOM.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nu.dll.lyskom.KomToken

ARRAY, COMPL, HOLLERITH, PRIMITIVE

Constructor Summary

Hollerith()
Constructs an empty Hollerith

Hollerith(byte[] b)
Constructs a Hollerith containing the supplied bytes

Hollerith(byte[] buf, java.lang.String charset)

Hollerith(java.lang.String s)

Hollerith(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String charset)
Construct a Hollertith by converting the supplied string into bytes according to the given charset.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getContentString() Returns this Holleriths contents as a String, translated according to the server's encoding.
byte[]	toNetwork() Constructs a byte-array representation of this Hollerith suitable for sending to the server, over the network (into the sea...).
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class nu.dll.lyskom.KomToken

equals, getContents, getType, intValue, isEol, setContents, toInt, toInteger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Hollerith

public Hollerith()

Constructs an empty Hollerith

Hollerith

public Hollerith(java.lang.String s)

Hollerith

public Hollerith(byte[] buf,
                 java.lang.String charset)

Hollerith

public Hollerith(java.lang.String s,
                 java.lang.String charset)

Construct a Hollertith by converting the supplied string into bytes according to the given charset.

Hollerith

public Hollerith(byte[] b)

Constructs a Hollerith containing the supplied bytes

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class KomToken

getContentString

public java.lang.String getContentString()

Returns this Holleriths contents as a String, translated according to the server's encoding.

toNetwork

public byte[] toNetwork()

Constructs a byte-array representation of this Hollerith suitable for sending to the server, over the network (into the sea...).
A Hollerith is a prefix being the string length and the characted 'H', followed by the string data.

Overrides:

toNetwork in class KomToken