acg.tools
Class Variable

java.lang.Object
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public class Variable

extends java.lang.Object

The Variable class is a container class that links the type of the variable with its name. It used by AthenaTranslation along with the Message class to construct a tree which the ACGGenerate class can traverse to generate .java files.

See Also:

Message, AthenaTranslation, ACGGenerate

Constructor Summary

Variable(byte id, java.lang.String n)
Constructs the variable with the given name and type.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
java.lang.String	getName()
byte	getType()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Variable

public Variable(byte id,
                java.lang.String n)

Constructs the variable with the given name and type. Note that variables are usually Nonces, Principals, Keys. The name is fixed so that the name complies with Java syntax.

Parameters:

id - the type of this variable, as defined in ACGUtils.

n - the name of this variable.

Method Detail

getType

public byte getType()

Returns:

a byte from ACGUtils describing the type of this object.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

the name of this variable.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of this object.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

true if the object is a variable with the same name. Doesn't check type equality.