org.qedeq.kernel.dto.list
Class AtomImpl

java.lang.Object
  org.qedeq.kernel.dto.list.AtomImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Atom, Element

public final class AtomImpl

extends Object

implements Atom

An object of this class represents a text string.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Constructor Summary

AtomImpl(String text)
Constructs an Atom.

Method Summary

Element	copy() Returns an identical object (maybe "this").
boolean	equals(Object object) Is this object equal to the given one?
Atom	getAtom() Return this element as an Atom.
ElementList	getList() Return this element as a Atom.
String	getString() Get the text.
int	hashCode() Calculates the hash code.
boolean	isAtom() Is this an atom?
boolean	isList() Is this an ElementList?
Element	replace(Element search, Element replacement) Creates and returns a copy of this object, but replaces anything that equals(java.lang.Object) argument with a copy() of replacement.
String	toString() Get show this in String form.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AtomImpl

public AtomImpl(String text)

Constructs an Atom.

Parameters:

text - Atom string.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - text is a NullPointer.

Method Detail

getString

public final String getString()

Description copied from interface: Atom

Get the text.

Specified by:

getString in interface Atom

Returns:

text Atom data.

isAtom

public final boolean isAtom()

Description copied from interface: Element

Is this an atom?

Specified by:

isAtom in interface Element

Returns:

true if this is an instance of Atom.

getAtom

public final Atom getAtom()

Description copied from interface: Element

Return this element as an Atom.

Specified by:

getAtom in interface Element

Returns:

This is an instance of Atom.

isList

public final boolean isList()

Description copied from interface: Element

Is this an ElementList?

Specified by:

isList in interface Element

Returns:

true if this is an instance of ElementList.

getList

public final ElementList getList()

Description copied from interface: Element

Return this element as a Atom.

Specified by:

getList in interface Element

Returns:

This as an instance of Atom.

copy

public final Element copy()

Description copied from interface: Element

Returns an identical object (maybe "this").

Specified by:

copy in interface Element

Returns:

Copy of this object.

replace

public final Element replace(Element search,
                             Element replacement)

Description copied from interface: Element

Creates and returns a copy of this object, but replaces anything that Element.equals(java.lang.Object) argument with a Element.copy() of replacement.

Specified by:

replace in interface Element

Parameters:

search - Check for occurrence of this.

replacement - Replace with this.

Returns:

Copy with replacements.

toString

public final String toString()

Description copied from interface: Element

Get show this in String form.

Specified by:

toString in interface Element

equals

public final boolean equals(Object object)

Description copied from interface: Element

Is this object equal to the given one?

Specified by:

equals in interface Element

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Description copied from interface: Element

Calculates the hash code.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Element