gnu.dtools.ritopt
Class ByteOption

java.lang.Object
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  +--gnu.dtools.ritopt.Option
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        +--gnu.dtools.ritopt.ByteOption

All Implemented Interfaces:

OptionModifiable

public class ByteOption

extends Option

This class is used for options with byte values.

 Copyright (C) Damian Ryan Eads, 2001. All Rights Reserved.

 ritopt is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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Author:

Damian Eads

Fields inherited from class gnu.dtools.ritopt.Option

DEFAULT_FILE_COMMENT_SIZE, DEFAULT_FILE_COMPLETE_OPTION_SIZE, DEFAULT_HELP_DEPRECATED_SIZE, DEFAULT_HELP_DESCRIPTION_SIZE, DEFAULT_HELP_OPTION_SIZE, DEFAULT_HELP_TYPENAME_SIZE, DEFAULT_MENU_DEPRECATED_SIZE, DEFAULT_MENU_DESCRIPTION_SIZE, DEFAULT_MENU_OPTION_SIZE, DEFAULT_MENU_TYPENAME_SIZE, invoked

Constructor Summary

ByteOption()
Constructs a byte option that is set to the null character.

ByteOption(byte value)
Constructs a byte option initialized with the value passed.

ByteOption(byte value, char shortOption)
Constructs a byte option initialized with the value and short option passed.

ByteOption(ByteOption op)
Constructs a byte option by copying the byte option passed.

ByteOption(byte value, java.lang.String longOption)
Constructs a byte option initialized with the value and long option passed.

ByteOption(byte value, java.lang.String longOption, char shortOption)
Constructs a byte option initialized with the value, short and long option passed.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getObject() Return the value as an object.
java.lang.String	getStringValue() Return this option as a string.
java.lang.String	getTypeName() Returns the type name of this option.
byte	getValue() Return this option as a boolean.
void	modify(java.lang.String value) Modify this option based on a string representation.
void	setValue(byte value) Modify this option using a byte value.
void	setValue(java.lang.String value) Modify this option based on a string representation.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class gnu.dtools.ritopt.Option

action, deprecate, getDescription, getFileCommentSize, getFileCompleteOptionSize, getHashKey, getHashKey, getHashKey, getHashKey, getHelp, getHelpDeprecated, getHelpDeprecatedSize, getHelpDescription, getHelpDescriptionSize, getHelpHeader, getHelpOptionSpecification, getHelpOptionSpecificationSize, getHelpTypeName, getHelpTypenameSize, getLongOption, getMenuDeprecatedSize, getMenuDescriptionSize, getMenuOptionSpecificationSize, getMenuTypenameSize, getName, getOptionFileLine, getShortOption, isDeprecated, isInvoked, setDeprecated, setDescription, setFileCommentSize, setFileCompleteOptionSize, setHelpDeprecatedSize, setHelpDescriptionSize, setHelpOptionSpecificationSize, setHelpTypenameSize, setInvoked, setKey, setKey, setLongOption, setMenuDeprecatedSize, setMenuDescriptionSize, setMenuOptionSpecificationSize, setMenuTypenameSize, setShortOption

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ByteOption

public ByteOption()

Constructs a byte option that is set to the null character.

ByteOption

public ByteOption(ByteOption op)

Constructs a byte option by copying the byte option passed.

Parameters:

op - The byte option to copy.

ByteOption

public ByteOption(byte value)

Constructs a byte option initialized with the value passed.

Parameters:

value - The initial value of this byte option.

ByteOption

public ByteOption(byte value,
                  java.lang.String longOption)

Constructs a byte option initialized with the value and long option passed.

Parameters:

value - The initial value of this byte option.

longOption - The long option associated with this option.

ByteOption

public ByteOption(byte value,
                  char shortOption)

Constructs a byte option initialized with the value and short option passed.

Parameters:

shortOption - The short option associated with this option.

value - The initial value of this byte option.

ByteOption

public ByteOption(byte value,
                  java.lang.String longOption,
                  char shortOption)

Constructs a byte option initialized with the value, short and long option passed.

Parameters:

shortOption - The short option associated with this option.

longOption - The long option associated with this option.

value - The initial value of this byte option.

Method Detail

getObject

public java.lang.Object getObject()

Return the value as an object.

Overrides:

getObject in class Option

Returns:

This value as an option.

modify

public void modify(java.lang.String value)
            throws OptionModificationException

Modify this option based on a string representation.

Parameters:

value - String representation of the object.

Throws:

OptionModificationException - Thrown if an error occurs during modification of an option.

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String value)
              throws OptionModificationException

Modify this option based on a string representation.

Parameters:

value - String representation of the object.

Throws:

OptionModificationException - Thrown if an error occurs during modification of an option.

setValue

public void setValue(byte value)

Modify this option using a byte value.

Parameters:

value - A byte value.

getValue

public byte getValue()

Return this option as a boolean.

Returns:

This option as a boolean.

getStringValue

public java.lang.String getStringValue()

Return this option as a string.

Overrides:

getStringValue in class Option

Returns:

This option as a string.

getTypeName

public java.lang.String getTypeName()

Returns the type name of this option. For a ByteOption, "BYTE" is returned.

Overrides:

getTypeName in class Option

Returns:

The type name of this option.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string representation of this object.