Package com.aquima.interactions.expressions.definition

Class Identifier

java.lang.Object

com.aquima.interactions.expressions.definition.Identifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class Identifier
extends Object
implements Serializable

This class represents a single identifier in an expression. The Identifier class is for instance used to hold the name of functions and fields.

Since:

5.0

Author:

F. van der Meer, O. Kerpershoek

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
String	getName()	This method returns the name string for which identifier was defined.
int	hashCode()
boolean	represents(String str)	This method checks if the identifier represents the string passed to the method.
String	toString()
static Identifier	valueOf(String str)	Creates an identifier based on a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

valueOf

public static Identifier valueOf(String str)

Creates an identifier based on a string.

Parameters:

str - The string for which the identifier is requested.

Returns:

The identifier for the specified string.

represents

public boolean represents(String str)

This method checks if the identifier represents the string passed to the method. An identifier is said to represent the string argument when the name of the identifier matches the passed string regardless of casing and trailing white-spaces.

Parameters:

str - The string the identifier should be compared to.

Returns:

A boolean indicating if this identifier matches the string.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getName

public String getName()

This method returns the name string for which identifier was defined.

Returns:

the name string for which identifier was defined.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object