bees.core
Class ObjectTree

java.lang.Object
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  +--bees.core.ObjectTree

public final class ObjectTree

extends java.lang.Object

A class used to maintain a hierarchy of objects in the system.

Field Summary

static char

SEPARATOR The character used to separate qualified names.

Constructor Summary

ObjectTree()
Construct an empty object getTree().

Method Summary

boolean	contains(java.lang.String name)
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String name) Get an object from the tree using a fully qualified name.
ObjectMap	getRootMap()
void	put(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object newobj) Put an object in the getTree().
java.lang.Object	remove(java.lang.String name) Remove an object from the tree using a fully qualified name.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SEPARATOR

public static final char SEPARATOR

The character used to separate qualified names.

Constructor Detail

ObjectTree

public ObjectTree()

Construct an empty object getTree().

Method Detail

getRootMap

public ObjectMap getRootMap()

Returns:

The root ObjectMap of the getTree().

get

public java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String name)
                     throws java.util.NoSuchElementException

Get an object from the tree using a fully qualified name.

Parameters:

name - The qualified name of the object.

Returns:

The named object.

Throws:

Throws - NoSuchElementException if the object couldn't be found.

contains

public boolean contains(java.lang.String name)

remove

public java.lang.Object remove(java.lang.String name)
                        throws java.util.NoSuchElementException

Remove an object from the tree using a fully qualified name.

Parameters:

name - The qualified name of the object.

Returns:

The named object.

Throws:

Throws - NoSuchElementException if the object couldn't be

found. -

put

public void put(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.Object newobj)

Put an object in the getTree(). If parts of the hierarchy as given by the name are missing then they will automatically be filled in with HashMaps.

Parameters:

name - The qualified name of the object.

newobj - The object to put in the getTree().

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object