com.apama.event.parser
Class Field<T>

java.lang.Object
  com.apama.event.parser.Field<T>

public class Field<T>
extends java.lang.Object

Represents the name and type of a field in an EventType. Note that the easiest way to create Field objects is to use FieldTypes to get the required FieldType then call the FieldType.newField(String) helper method to create the Field.

For example, to create a field object whose type is an Apama sequence of integers:

Field<Long> myField = FieldTypes.sequence(FieldTypes.INTEGER).newField("myField");

Constructor Summary

Field(java.lang.String name, FieldType<T> type)
Creates a new field.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Method to return the name of the field object
FieldType<T>	getType() Method to return the FieldType of the field object
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of the event type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Field

public Field(java.lang.String name,
             FieldType<T> type)

Creates a new field.

Consider using FieldType.newField(String) as a simpler alternative to calling this constructor.

Parameters:

name - the field name

type - the field type

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Method to return the name of the field object

Returns:

name of the Field

getType

public FieldType<T> getType()

Method to return the FieldType of the field object

Returns:

type of the field

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of the event type. Note that this representation will use the Java toString() method to format the results, and is not valid monitorscript.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object