Class AbstractComplexDataType

    • Method Detail

      • getMnemonic

        public java.lang.String getMnemonic​(Settings settings)
        Description copied from interface: DataType
        Get the mnemonic for this DataType.
        Specified by:
        getMnemonic in interface DataType
        Overrides:
        getMnemonic in class AbstractDataType
        Parameters:
        settings - settings which may influence the result or null
        Returns:
        the mnemonic for this DataType.
      • getLength

        public int getLength()
        Description copied from interface: DataType
        Get the length (number of 8-bit bytes) of this DataType.

        NOTE: No datatype should ever return 0, even if DataType.isZeroLength(), and only Dynamic datatypes should return -1. If DataType.isZeroLength() is true a length of 1 should be returned. Where a zero-length datatype can be handled (e.g., Composite) the DataType.isZeroLength() method should be used.

        Returns:
        the length of this DataType
      • getDescription

        public java.lang.String getDescription()
        Description copied from interface: DataType
        Get a String briefly describing this DataType.
        Returns:
        a one-liner describing this DataType.
      • getValue

        public java.lang.Object getValue​(MemBuffer buf,
                                         Settings settings,
                                         int length)
        Description copied from interface: DataType
        Get the data in the form of the appropriate Object for this DataType.

        For instance if the datatype is an AddressDT, return an Address object. a Byte, return a Scalar* (maybe this should be a Byte) a Float, return a Float

        Parameters:
        buf - the data buffer.
        settings - the settings to use.
        length - the number of bytes to get the value from.
        Returns:
        the data Object.
      • getRepresentation

        public java.lang.String getRepresentation​(MemBuffer buf,
                                                  Settings settings,
                                                  int length)
        Description copied from interface: DataType
        Get bytes from memory in a printable format for this type.
        Parameters:
        buf - the data.
        settings - the settings to use for the representation.
        length - the number of bytes to represent.
        Returns:
        the representation of the data in this format, never null.