Package net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes

Interface IStringValueProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

Collection<T>, IFileSystemArtifact, Sequence<T>, Set<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractArrayWrapper, AbstractCollectionWrapper, AbstractIvmlVariable, AbstractJavaStatement, AbstractListWrapper, AbstractRule, ArraySequence, ArraySet, Attribute, Binary, ChangeHistory, ClassFileArtifact, CompoundInstance, Configuration, DecisionVariable, Def, EnumValue, ExpressionEvaluator, FileArtifact, FixedListSequence, FixedListSet, FolderArtifact, IvmlDeclaration, IvmlElement, JavaAnnotation, JavaAssignment, JavaAttribute, JavaCall, JavaClass, JavaFileArtifact, JavaFragmentArtifact, JavaImport, JavaMethod, JavaPackage, JavaParentFragmentArtifact, JavaPath, JavaQualifiedName, ListSequence, ListSet, Map, OtherProjects, Path, Project, PseudoIterator, Rule, RuleExecutionResult, SetSet, Text, UnmodifiableMap, UnmodifiableSequence, UnmodifiableSet, VtlFileArtifact, VtlRule, XmlAttribute, XmlComment, XmlElement, XmlFileArtifact, XmlNode, XmlRootElement

public interface IStringValueProvider

Provides a string value for execution of itself. This is orthogonal to toString().

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	IStringValueProvider.StringComparator	Defines the interface for comparing individual string values.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	getStringValue(IStringValueProvider.StringComparator comparator)	Returns the string value of this object.

Method Detail

getStringValue

java.lang.String getStringValue(IStringValueProvider.StringComparator comparator)

Returns the string value of this object.

Parameters:

comparator - if the sequence of elements, e.g., in case of collections, shall be ordered according to the comparator, null if the original sequence shall be returned

Returns:

the string value