com.edustructures.sifworks
Class SIFString

java.lang.Object
  com.edustructures.sifworks.SIFSimpleType<java.lang.String>
      com.edustructures.sifworks.SIFString

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SIFEnum

public class SIFString
extends SIFSimpleType<java.lang.String>

Wraps a Java String in an immutable instance that can be used to construct a SIFSimpleType to represent properties in SIF data objects

Version:

2.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

SIFString(java.lang.String value)
Constructs a SIFToken with a String value

Method Summary

SIFTypeConverter<java.lang.String>	getTypeConverter() Returns a type converter that can be used to create an instance of the datatype from a string
boolean	isDoNotEncode() This type does require encoding and returns false

Methods inherited from class com.edustructures.sifworks.SIFSimpleType

createField, equals, getDataType, getSQLType, getValue, hashCode, toString, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SIFString

public SIFString(java.lang.String value)

Constructs a SIFToken with a String value

Parameters:

value -

Method Detail

getTypeConverter

public SIFTypeConverter<java.lang.String> getTypeConverter()

Description copied from class: SIFSimpleType

Returns a type converter that can be used to create an instance of the datatype from a string

Specified by:

getTypeConverter in class SIFSimpleType<java.lang.String>

Returns:

The TypeConverter that is used for this element

isDoNotEncode

public boolean isDoNotEncode()

This type does require encoding and returns false

Overrides:

isDoNotEncode in class SIFSimpleType<java.lang.String>

Returns:

True if this datatype should not be encoded when writing to XML

See Also:

SIFSimpleType#shouldEncode()