com.jme.util
Class JmeType

java.lang.Object
  com.jme.util.JmeType

Direct Known Subclasses:

MouseButtonStateType, RendererType, WidgetAlignmentType, WidgetBorderLayoutConstraint, WidgetBorderType, WidgetButtonStateType, WidgetFillType, WidgetFlowOrientationType, WidgetOrientationType

public abstract class JmeType

extends java.lang.Object

JmeType JmeType derived classes are used to create strongly typed enumerations. Using a strongly typed enumeration has benefits over using intrinsic types or their wrappers, ie int, boolean, String, etc. For instance, the strongly typed enumeration can only be compared against the same type, no accidental crossover of type comparison. Strongly typed enumerations also allow effective method overloading, performFoo(FooType1 type) has a different signature than performFoo(FooType2 type).

Version:

$Id: JmeType.java,v 1.3 2004/08/02 21:55:37 cep21 Exp $

Author:

Gregg Patton

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String

name The name of this JmeType

Constructor Summary

protected

JmeType(java.lang.String name) Creates a new JmeType with the given name.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() getName returns the name of this jME type
abstract JmeType	getType(java.lang.String name) getType returns an instance of the JmeType
java.lang.String	toString() toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected java.lang.String name

The name of this JmeType

Constructor Detail

JmeType

protected JmeType(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new JmeType with the given name.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getName returns the name of this jME type

Returns:

the name of this jME type

getType

public abstract JmeType getType(java.lang.String name)

getType returns an instance of the JmeType

Parameters:

name - the String representation of the type

Returns:

an instance of the JmeType

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

toString

Returns:

the String representation of the JmeType

See Also:

Object.toString()