net.juniper.smgt.gateway.gal
Class NicValue

java.lang.Object
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  +--net.juniper.smgt.gateway.gal.NicValue

Direct Known Subclasses:

CorbaRefSaeId

public class NicValue

extends java.lang.Object

The NicValue is the type returned from one of the lookup methods defined in the NIC or the SaeLocator interface.

Constructor Summary

NicValue(java.lang.String newVal)
Constructs NicValue given the goal.

NicValue(java.lang.String newVal, java.util.Map steps)
Constructs NicValue given the goal and the intermediate values.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) NicValues are equal if they have equal values
java.util.Map	getAllIntermediateValues() Return all the intermediate values involved in this resolution as a Map.
java.lang.String	getIntermediateValue(java.lang.String dataTypeName) Return the intermediate value of this type involved in this resolution.
java.lang.String[]	getIntermediateValues(java.lang.String dataTypeName) Return all the intermediate values of this type involved in this resolution.
java.lang.String	getValue() Return the goal value represented by this current object.
int	hashCode() Returns hash code for this NicValue
java.lang.String	toString() Returns string representation of the value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NicValue

public NicValue(java.lang.String newVal,
                java.util.Map steps)

Constructs NicValue given the goal and the intermediate values.

NicValue

public NicValue(java.lang.String newVal)

Constructs NicValue given the goal. No intermediate values are provided.

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Return the goal value represented by this current object.

Returns:

a string representation of the value

getAllIntermediateValues

public java.util.Map getAllIntermediateValues()

Return all the intermediate values involved in this resolution as a Map. Note that, the values include the goal value (returned by getValue()).

Returns:

A Map containing all the intermediate values key: the data type name (as a string) value: List of intermediate values of this type (as strings) Can return null if this instance was created without intermediate values.

getIntermediateValues

public java.lang.String[] getIntermediateValues(java.lang.String dataTypeName)

Return all the intermediate values of this type involved in this resolution.

Returns:

A string array of all the values of this type, null if values of this type was involved.

getIntermediateValue

public java.lang.String getIntermediateValue(java.lang.String dataTypeName)

Return the intermediate value of this type involved in this resolution. If multiple values exist, a random value will be returned.

Returns:

the string represenation of the value of this type, null if no value of this type was involved.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns string representation of the value

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

java.lang.String

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

NicValues are equal if they have equal values

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - the object to which to test equality

Returns:

true if equal, false otherwise

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns hash code for this NicValue

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object