Class Constant

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.qdox.model.expression.Constant

All Implemented Interfaces:

AnnotationValue, Expression

public abstract class Constant
extends Object
implements AnnotationValue

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)	Accept a visitor for this value.
protected static String	convertString(String str)
String	getImage()
String	getParameterValue()	Get a parameter value for JavaAnnotation.getNamedParameter(String).
abstract Object	getValue()
static Constant	newBooleanLiteral(String value)
static Constant	newCharacterLiteral(String value)
static Constant	newFloatingPointLiteral(String value)
static Constant	newIntegerLiteral(String value)
static Constant	newStringLiteral(String value)
protected static Boolean	toBoolean(String value)
protected static Character	toChar(String value)	Convert a character literal into a character.
protected static Number	toFloatingPointLiteral(String value)
protected static Number	toIntegerLiteral(String value)
String	toString()
protected static String	toString(String value)	Convert a string literal into a string.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

getValue

public abstract Object getValue()

newBooleanLiteral

public static Constant newBooleanLiteral(String value)

newCharacterLiteral

public static Constant newCharacterLiteral(String value)

newFloatingPointLiteral

public static Constant newFloatingPointLiteral(String value)

newIntegerLiteral

public static Constant newIntegerLiteral(String value)

newStringLiteral

public static Constant newStringLiteral(String value)

getImage

public String getImage()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

accept

public Object accept(ExpressionVisitor visitor)

Accept a visitor for this value.

Specified by:

accept in interface AnnotationValue

Parameters:

visitor - Visitor

Returns:

Visitor result

getParameterValue

public String getParameterValue()

Get a parameter value for JavaAnnotation.getNamedParameter(String).

Specified by:

getParameterValue in interface Expression

Returns:

Parameter value

convertString

protected static String convertString(String str)

toBoolean

protected static Boolean toBoolean(String value)

toIntegerLiteral

protected static Number toIntegerLiteral(String value)

toFloatingPointLiteral

protected static Number toFloatingPointLiteral(String value)

toChar

protected static Character toChar(String value)
                           throws IllegalArgumentException

Convert a character literal into a character.

Parameters:

value - the single quoted value

Returns:

the transformed char

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is not a character literal

toString

protected static String toString(String value)
                          throws IllegalArgumentException

Convert a string literal into a string.

Parameters:

value - the double quoted value

Returns:

the transformed String

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is not a String literal