net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api

Class AbstractDatatype

java.lang.Object

net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api.AbstractDatatype

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Datatype

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractSimpleDatatypeBase

public abstract class AbstractDatatype
extends Object
implements Datatype

This is the abstract base implementation of a simple Datatype.

Since:

3.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static long	serialVersionUID UID for serialization.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractDatatype() The constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract String	toString() Returns the official String representation of this Datatype.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

UID for serialization.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractDatatype

public AbstractDatatype()

The constructor.

Method Detail

toString

public abstract String toString()

Returns the official String representation of this Datatype. While the general contract of Object.toString() is very weak and mainly used for debugging, the contract here is very strong. The returned String has to be suitable for end-users and official output to any kind of sink.
ATTENTION:
This method is not supposed to do internationalization (I18N). See NlsMessage for this purpose and implement NlsObject if you want to support I18N/L10N.

Specified by:

toString in interface Datatype

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the official String representation to display the value of this Datatype.