TypeDescriptor

Description

The TypeDescriptor class stores a reference to a type represented by the type name and library (module) where the type is defined.

Important points

• This class has symmetric implementation across all languages supported by the Pip.Services toolkit and it is used to support dynamic data processing.

Constructors

Creates a new instance of the type descriptor and sets its values.

public TypeDescriptor(String name, String library)

• name: String - name of the object type.
• library: String - library or module where this object type is implemented.

Instance methods

equals

Compares this descriptor to a value. If the value is also a TypeDescriptor, it compares their name and library fields. Otherwise this method returns false.

public boolean equals(Object obj)

• value: Object - value to compare.
• returns: boolean - true if value is identical to the TypeDescriptor and false otherwise.

getLibrary

Gets the name of the library or module where the object type is defined.

public String getLibrary()

• returns: String - name of the library or module.

getName

Gets the name of the object type.

public String getName()

• returns: String - name of the object type.

toString

Gets a string representation of the object. The result has format name[,library]

public String toString()

• returns: String - string representation of the object.

Static methods

fromString

Parses a string to get descriptor fields and returns them as a Descriptor. The string must have the format name[,library].
Throws a ConfigException if the descriptor string is of a wrong format.

public static TypeDescriptor fromString(String value) throws ConfigException

• value: String - string to parse.
• returns: TypeDescriptor - newly created Descriptor.