Package de.intarsys.nativec.type

Class NativeReference<T extends INativeObject>

java.lang.Object

de.intarsys.nativec.type.NativeObject

de.intarsys.nativec.type.NativeReference<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

INativeMemory, INativeObject

public class NativeReference<T extends INativeObject>
extends NativeObject

An object representing a reference to another object ("pointer").

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final NativeReferenceType	META	The meta class instance

Fields inherited from class de.intarsys.nativec.type.NativeObject

DEBUG, SHIFT_INT, SHIFT_LONG, SHIFT_LONGLONG, SIZE_BYTE, SIZE_FLOAT, SIZE_INT, SIZE_LONG, SIZE_LONGLONG, SIZE_PTR, SIZE_SHORT

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <U extends INativeObject> NativeReference<U>	create(INativeType baseType)
INativeType	getBaseType()
int	getByteCount()	The number of bytes occupied by this.
INativeType	getNativeType()	The meta information and behavior for the NativeObject.
long	getReferencedAddress()
T	getValue()	A Java side representation from the memory.
void	setBaseType(INativeType baseType)
void	setValue(Object value)	Assign (and marshall to memory) the Java side representation.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class de.intarsys.nativec.type.NativeObject

cast, createReference, getByte, getByteArray, getBytes, getCLong, getInt, getNativeHandle, getNativeHandle, getShort, getString, getWideString, isNull, setByte, setByteArray, setCLong, setInt, setNativeHandle, setShort, setString, setWideString, toNestedString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

META

public static final NativeReferenceType META

The meta class instance

Method Details

create

public static <U extends INativeObject>
NativeReference<U> create(INativeType baseType)

getBaseType

public INativeType getBaseType()

getByteCount

public int getByteCount()

Description copied from class: NativeObject

The number of bytes occupied by this.

Specified by:

getByteCount in class NativeObject

Returns:

The number of bytes occupied by this.

getNativeType

public INativeType getNativeType()

Description copied from class: NativeObject

The meta information and behavior for the NativeObject.

There is exactly one meta instance for all NativeObject instances of a certain type.

Specified by:

getNativeType in interface INativeObject

Specified by:

getNativeType in class NativeObject

Returns:

The meta information and behavior for the NativeObject.

getReferencedAddress

public long getReferencedAddress()

getValue

public T getValue()

Description copied from interface: INativeObject

A Java side representation from the memory.

Returns:

A Java side representation for the INativeObject.

setBaseType

public void setBaseType(INativeType baseType)

setValue

public void setValue(Object value)

Description copied from interface: INativeObject

Assign (and marshall to memory) the Java side representation.

Parameters:

value - The new Java value.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object