neosim.implementation
Class NeosimClassImpl

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

EntityClassImpl, EventClassImpl

public class NeosimClassImpl

extends java.lang.Object

implements NeosimClass

This stores the name, parent and ID of a class. The method isAssignableFrom() provides basic type checking - classes are asssignable from other identical classes or derived classes.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

NeosimClassImpl()

NeosimClassImpl(NeosimClass parent, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String pkg, ClassID id)

Method Summary

ClassID	getClassID() Return the integer class ID
java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of this class
java.lang.String	getPackage() Return the package of this class.
NeosimClass	getParent() Return the parent class from which this one is derived
boolean	isAssignableFrom(NeosimClass ec) Check if this class is assignable from another class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NeosimClassImpl

public NeosimClassImpl()

NeosimClassImpl

public NeosimClassImpl(NeosimClass parent,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String pkg,
                       ClassID id)

Method Detail

getParent

public NeosimClass getParent()

Return the parent class from which this one is derived

Specified by:

getParent in interface NeosimClass

Returns:

the parent class, or null if no parent

getClassID

public ClassID getClassID()

Return the integer class ID

Specified by:

getClassID in interface NeosimClass

Returns:

the class id

isAssignableFrom

public boolean isAssignableFrom(NeosimClass ec)

Check if this class is assignable from another class. A class is assignable from another if the other class is the same, or derived from this class. e.g. event.isAssignableFrom( myKindOfEvent ) returns true

Returns:

true if ec is a sub class of this one

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of this class

Specified by:

getName in interface NeosimClass

Tags copied from interface: NeosimClass

Returns:

true if ec is a sub class of this one public boolean isAssignableFrom( NeosimClass ec ); /** Return the name of this class

getPackage

public java.lang.String getPackage()

Return the package of this class.

Specified by:

getPackage in interface NeosimClass