net.morimekta.providence

Interface PMessage<T extends PMessage<T>>

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<T>, PValue<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

PUnion<T>

public interface PMessage<T extends PMessage<T>>
extends PValue<T>

Base class for all messages.

Since:

25.08.15

Author:

Stein Eldar Johnsen

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	asString() Pure string representation of content.
PStructDescriptor<T,?>	descriptor()
Object	get(int key)
boolean	has(int key)
boolean	isCompact()
boolean	isSimple()
PMessageBuilder<T>	mutate() Get a builder that extends the current object.
int	num(int key)

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

has

boolean has(int key)

Parameters:

key - The key of the field.

Returns:

Whether the field is present.

num

int num(int key)

Parameters:

key - The key of the field.

Returns:

Number of values for the field.

get

Object get(int key)

Parameters:

key - The key of the field.

Returns:

The value of the field.

mutate

PMessageBuilder<T> mutate()

Get a builder that extends the current object.

Returns:

The builder instance.

isCompact

boolean isCompact()

Returns:

If the message is compact.

isSimple

boolean isSimple()

Returns:

If the message structure is simple.

asString

String asString()

Pure string representation of content. Does not contain type info.

Returns:

String representation.

descriptor

PStructDescriptor<T,?> descriptor()

Specified by:

descriptor in interface PValue<T extends PMessage<T>>