com.ericsson.otp.erlang
Class OtpErlangString

java.lang.Object
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public class OtpErlangString

extends OtpErlangObject

Provides a Java representation of Erlang strings.

Constructor Summary

OtpErlangString(OtpInputStream buf)
Create an Erlang string from a stream containing a string encoded in Erlang external format.

OtpErlangString(java.lang.String str)
Create an Erlang string from the given string.

Method Summary

void	encode(OtpOutputStream buf) Convert this string to the equivalent Erlang external representation.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Determine if two strings are equal.
boolean	equals(OtpErlangString s) Determine if two strings are equal.
boolean	equals(java.lang.String s) Determine if two strings are equal.
java.lang.String	stringValue() Get the actual string contained in this object.
java.lang.String	toString() Get the printable version of the string contained in this object.

Methods inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject

decode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OtpErlangString

public OtpErlangString(java.lang.String str)

Create an Erlang string from the given string.

OtpErlangString

public OtpErlangString(OtpInputStream buf)
                throws OtpErlangDecodeException

Create an Erlang string from a stream containing a string encoded in Erlang external format.

Parameters:

buf - the stream containing the encoded string.

Throws:

OtpErlangDecodeException - if the buffer does not contain a valid external representation of an Erlang string.

Method Detail

stringValue

public java.lang.String stringValue()

Get the actual string contained in this object.

Returns:

the raw string contained in this object, without regard to Erlang quoting rules.

See Also:

toString()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Get the printable version of the string contained in this object.

Overrides:

toString in class OtpErlangObject

Returns:

the string contained in this object, quoted.

See Also:

stringValue()

encode

public void encode(OtpOutputStream buf)

Convert this string to the equivalent Erlang external representation.

Overrides:

encode in class OtpErlangObject

Parameters:

buf - an output stream to which the encoded string should be written.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Determine if two strings are equal. Strings are equal if they represent the same sequence of characters.

Overrides:

equals in class OtpErlangObject

Parameters:

o - the object to compare to.

Returns:

true if the strings consist of the same sequence of characters, false otherwise.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.String s)

Determine if two strings are equal. Strings are equal if they represent the same sequence of characters.

Parameters:

s - the String to compare to.

Returns:

true if the strings consist of the same sequence of characters, false otherwise.

equals

public boolean equals(OtpErlangString s)

Determine if two strings are equal. Strings are equal if they represent the same sequence of characters.

Parameters:

s - the string to compare to.

Returns:

true if the strings consist of the same sequence of characters, false otherwise.