Package com.yahoo.jrt

Class StringValue

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.jrt.Value

com.yahoo.jrt.StringValue

public class StringValue
extends Value

String value. The internal string representation is UTF-8 encoded bytes. This means that creating an object of this class as well as extracting the value contained with the asString method will incur a string conversion overhead.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.yahoo.jrt.Value

DATA, DATA_ARRAY, DOUBLE, DOUBLE_ARRAY, FLOAT, FLOAT_ARRAY, INT16, INT16_ARRAY, INT32, INT32_ARRAY, INT64, INT64_ARRAY, INT8, INT8_ARRAY, STRING, STRING_ARRAY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringValue(com.yahoo.text.Utf8Array value)
StringValue(com.yahoo.text.Utf8String value)
StringValue(java.lang.String value)	Create from a Java-type value

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	asString()	Interpret this value as a StringValue and return the contents as an appropriate Java type
com.yahoo.text.Utf8Array	asUtf8Array()	Interpret this value as a StringValue and return the contents as an appropriate Java type
int	count()	Obtain the number of entries stored in this value.
java.lang.String	toString()	Force a proper toString
byte	type()	Obtain the type identifier for this value

Methods inherited from class com.yahoo.jrt.Value

asData, asDataArray, asDouble, asDoubleArray, asFloat, asFloatArray, asInt16, asInt16Array, asInt32, asInt32Array, asInt64, asInt64Array, asInt8, asInt8Array, asStringArray

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringValue

public StringValue(java.lang.String value)

Create from a Java-type value

Parameters:

value - the value

StringValue

public StringValue(com.yahoo.text.Utf8String value)

StringValue

public StringValue(com.yahoo.text.Utf8Array value)

Method Detail

type

public byte type()

Description copied from class: Value

Obtain the type identifier for this value

Specified by:

type in class Value

Returns:

STRING

count

public int count()

Description copied from class: Value

Obtain the number of entries stored in this value. This is 1 for basic data types and the size of the array for array types.

Specified by:

count in class Value

Returns:

the number of entries stored in this value

asString

public java.lang.String asString()

Description copied from class: Value

Interpret this value as a StringValue and return the contents as an appropriate Java type

Overrides:

asString in class Value

Returns:

the value contained in this object as a Java type

asUtf8Array

public com.yahoo.text.Utf8Array asUtf8Array()

Description copied from class: Value

Interpret this value as a StringValue and return the contents as an appropriate Java type

Overrides:

asUtf8Array in class Value

Returns:

the value contained in this object as a Java type

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Description copied from class: Value

Force a proper toString

Specified by:

toString in class Value