Class MetaDef.Object

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, MetaDef.Content, NodeDef
    Enclosing class:
    MetaDef

    public static class MetaDef.Object
    extends ElementDef
    implements MetaDef.Content
    An Object is a single instance of an Element type. Objects have an identifying name and a type. The name identifies the object within its Element and must be unique within the Element. The object is itself an instance of an Element, and this Element is identified by the type. The type may be the type name of an Element or the class name of a Class.
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Field Detail

      • name

        public java.lang.String name
      • type

        public java.lang.String type
      • required

        public java.lang.Boolean required
      • doc

        public java.lang.String doc
    • Method Detail

      • getName

        public java.lang.String getName()
        Description copied from interface: NodeDef
        Returns the name of this node's tag.
        Specified by:
        getName in interface NodeDef
        Overrides:
        getName in class ElementDef
      • display

        public void display​(java.io.PrintWriter _out,
                            int _indent)
        Description copied from interface: NodeDef
        Outputs this node to any PrintWriter, in a formatted fashion with automatic indenting.
        Specified by:
        display in interface NodeDef
        Parameters:
        _out - the PrintWriter to which to write this NodeDef.
        _indent - the indentation level for the printout.
      • displayXML

        public void displayXML​(XMLOutput _out,
                               int _indent)
        Description copied from interface: NodeDef
        Outputs this element definition in XML to any XMLOutput.
        Specified by:
        displayXML in interface NodeDef
        Overrides:
        displayXML in class ElementDef
        Parameters:
        _out - the XMLOutput class to display the XML
      • displayDiff

        public boolean displayDiff​(ElementDef _other,
                                   java.io.PrintWriter _out,
                                   int _indent)
        Description copied from class: ElementDef
        The displayDiff function compares this element definition against another, compiling a message containing all diffs. It is used internally by the equals(), diff(), and verifyEquals() functions.
        Overrides:
        displayDiff in class ElementDef
        Parameters:
        _other - the ElementDef to which to compare this element.
        _out - a PrintWriter to which to display any discovered differences, or null if just doing an equality check (and no diff report is needed).
        _indent - the current indentation level (used for nice display of diffs).
        Returns:
        true if this and other match exactly, false if not.