org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.value
Class ReferenceValue

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.value.BaseNonStreamValue
      org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.value.ReferenceValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, StatefulValue, Value

public class ReferenceValue

extends BaseNonStreamValue

implements Serializable, StatefulValue

The ReferenceValue class implements the committed value state for Reference values as a part of the State design pattern (Gof) used by this package.

Since:

0.16.4.1

Author:

Felix Meschberger

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

ReferenceValue(String value) Creates an instance for the given reference value.

Method Summary

String	getString() Returns the string representation of the reference value.
int	getType() Returns PropertyType.REFERENCE.
protected static String	toReference(String value) Checks whether the string value adheres to the reference syntax.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.jackrabbit.rmi.value.BaseNonStreamValue

getBoolean, getDate, getDouble, getLong, getStream, getValueFormatException

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface javax.jcr.Value

getBoolean, getDate, getDouble, getLong, getStream

Constructor Detail

ReferenceValue

protected ReferenceValue(String value)
                  throws ValueFormatException

Creates an instance for the given reference value.

Method Detail

toReference

protected static String toReference(String value)
                             throws ValueFormatException

Checks whether the string value adheres to the reference syntax.

Parameters:

value - The string to check for synthactical compliance with a reference value.

Returns:

The input value.

Throws:

ValueFormatException - if the string value is not a synthactically correct reference.

getType

public int getType()

Returns PropertyType.REFERENCE.

Specified by:

getType in interface Value

getString

public String getString()
                 throws ValueFormatException,
                        RepositoryException

Returns the string representation of the reference value.

Specified by:

getString in interface Value

Throws:

ValueFormatException

RepositoryException