Class StatefulState

java.lang.Object
org.openjdk.jmc.common.util.StatefulState
All Implemented Interfaces:
IState, IStateful

public class StatefulState extends Object implements IState, IStateful
Class used as a bridge between IStateful and IState. You can read individual values from it and you can pass the entire class to an IWritableState to save all the values.

Instances of this class should be immutable.

  • Method Details

    • getType

      public String getType()
      Description copied from interface: IState
      Get the node type of this state.
      Specified by:
      getType in interface IState
      Returns:
      node type
    • getChild

      public StatefulState getChild(String type)
      Description copied from interface: IState
      Gets a child of the named type. If there are several child nodes of the same type then any of them may be returned.
      Specified by:
      getChild in interface IState
      Parameters:
      type - node type
      Returns:
      child node or null if no such child exists
    • getAttributeKeys

      public String[] getAttributeKeys()
      Description copied from interface: IState
      Return an array with the attribute keys for this state.
      Specified by:
      getAttributeKeys in interface IState
      Returns:
      attribute keys
    • getAttribute

      public String getAttribute(String key)
      Description copied from interface: IState
      Gets a named attribute value.
      Specified by:
      getAttribute in interface IState
      Parameters:
      key - attribute key
      Returns:
      attribute value
    • getChildren

      public StatefulState[] getChildren()
      Description copied from interface: IState
      Gets all child nodes.
      Specified by:
      getChildren in interface IState
      Returns:
      an array of child nodes
    • getChildren

      public StatefulState[] getChildren(String type)
      Description copied from interface: IState
      Gets all child nodes of a named type.
      Specified by:
      getChildren in interface IState
      Parameters:
      type - node type
      Returns:
      an array of child nodes
    • saveTo

      public void saveTo(IWritableState state)
      Description copied from interface: IStateful
      Saves the state for this object into a state object.
      Specified by:
      saveTo in interface IStateful
      Parameters:
      state - Object to save state to. Since there is no way to check for existing data in the state object an unused one should normally be used.
    • create

      public static StatefulState create(IStateful state)
      Create a new instance.
      Parameters:
      state - object whose state will be loaded into the new instance
      Returns:
      a new state instance
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object