org.apache.commons.flatfile
Class EntitySupport

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.flatfile.EntitySupport

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Entity

Direct Known Subclasses:

EntityCollectionSupport, FieldSupport

public abstract class EntitySupport
extends Object
implements Entity

Generic entity support stuff.

Version:

$Revision: 757266 $ $Date: 2009-03-22 17:12:27 -0500 (Sun, 22 Mar 2009) $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

EntitySupport()

Method Summary

EntitySupport	clone() Clone oneself.
void	fill(byte b) Fill this entity's value with all b.
byte[]	getValue(int offset, int length) Get a subset of this Entity's value.
void	setValue(byte[] b, int offset, int length) Set this Entity's value to a subset of the specified byte[].

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.flatfile.Entity

getValue, length, readFrom, setValue, writeTo

Constructor Detail

EntitySupport

public EntitySupport()

Method Detail

fill

public void fill(byte b)
          throws IOException

Fill this entity's value with all b.

Specified by:

fill in interface Entity

Parameters:

b - value

Throws:

IOException - on error

clone

public EntitySupport clone()

Clone oneself.

Specified by:

clone in interface Entity

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a deep (or otherwise "safe") copy of this Entity.

getValue

public byte[] getValue(int offset,
                       int length)

Get a subset of this Entity's value.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Entity

Parameters:

offset - to start

length - to extend

Returns:

byte[]

setValue

public void setValue(byte[] b,
                     int offset,
                     int length)

Set this Entity's value to a subset of the specified byte[].

Specified by:

setValue in interface Entity

Parameters:

b - byte[]

offset - int

length - int