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. Naive implementation which can and should be overridden by subclasses.

  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