com.apama.event.parser
Class StringFieldType

java.lang.Object
  com.apama.event.parser.FieldType<java.lang.String>
      com.apama.event.parser.StringFieldType

public class StringFieldType
extends FieldType<java.lang.String>

Represents the Apama string type, for which values are specified as String objects.

This class cannot be instantiated explicitly, but should be referenced using FieldTypes.STRING.

Field Summary

static StringFieldType

TYPE Singleton instance of this type.

Method Summary

void	assertAssignable(java.lang.Object c, java.lang.String fieldName) This method is intended for internal use only and may be removed at any time - do not use.
java.lang.String	parse(java.lang.String value) Convert a value of this type from the format used in Apama event strings, into a String object containing the string's contents (without the surrounding quotes and any escape characters).

Methods inherited from class com.apama.event.parser.FieldType

format, getName, getTypeClass, newField, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TYPE

public static final StringFieldType TYPE

Singleton instance of this type.

Method Detail

assertAssignable

public void assertAssignable(java.lang.Object c,
                             java.lang.String fieldName)

Description copied from class: FieldType

This method is intended for internal use only and may be removed at any time - do not use.

Specified by:

assertAssignable in class FieldType<java.lang.String>

parse

public java.lang.String parse(java.lang.String value)
                       throws ParserRuntimeException

Convert a value of this type from the format used in Apama event strings, into a String object containing the string's contents (without the surrounding quotes and any escape characters).

Overrides:

parse in class FieldType<java.lang.String>

Parameters:

value - the value to parse (including the surrounding quotes).

Returns:

an object specifying the value of the string that was parsed.

Throws:

ParserRuntimeException - If the specified value string cannot be parsed.