Implements: IVariableCollection

Description

The VariableCollection allows you to implement a list of variables.

Properties

_variables

List of variables stored in the collection.

private List<IVariable> _variables = new ArrayList<>()

Instance methods

add

Adds a new variable to the collection.

public void add(IVariable variable)

• variable: IVariable - variable to be added.

clear

Clears the collection.

public void clear()

clearValues

Clears all stored variables (assigns null values).

public void clearValues()

findByName

Finds variable in the list by it’s name.

public IVariable findByName(String name)

• name: String - The variable name to be found.
• returns: IVariable - Variable or null if function was not found.

findIndexByName

Finds a variable’s index in the list by it’s name.

public int findIndexByName(String name)

• name: String - name of the variale to be found.
• returns: int - variable’s index in the list or -1 if the variable was not found.

get

Gets a variable by its index.

public IVariable get(int index)

• index: int - variable’s index.
• returns: IVariable - retrieved variable.

getAll

Gets all variables stored in the collection

public IVariable locate(String name)

• returns: IVariable - list with variables.

length

Gets the number of stored variables.

public int length()

• returns: int - number of stored variables.

locate

Finds a variable in the list or creates a new one if the variable was not found.

public IVariable locate(String name)

• name: String - name of the variable to be found.
• returns: IVariable - found or created variable.

remove

Removes a variable by its index.

public void remove(int index)

• index: int - index of the variable to be removed.

removeByName

Removes a variable by it’s name.

public void removeByName(String name)

• name: String - name of the variable to be removed.