com.ericsson.otp.erlang
Class OtpErlangBoolean

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
      extended by com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangAtom
          extended by com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangBoolean
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class OtpErlangBoolean
extends OtpErlangAtom

Provides a Java representation of Erlang booleans, which are special cases of atoms with values 'true' and 'false'.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
OtpErlangObject.Hash
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangAtom
maxAtomLength
 
Fields inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
hashCodeValue
 
Constructor Summary
OtpErlangBoolean(boolean t)
          Create a boolean from the given value
OtpErlangBoolean(OtpInputStream buf)
          Create a boolean from a stream containing an atom encoded in Erlang external format.
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangAtom
atomValue, booleanValue, doHashCode, encode, equals, toString
 
Methods inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
clone, decode, hashCode
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

OtpErlangBoolean

public OtpErlangBoolean(boolean t)
Create a boolean from the given value

Parameters:
t - the boolean value to represent as an atom.

OtpErlangBoolean

public OtpErlangBoolean(OtpInputStream buf)
                 throws OtpErlangDecodeException
Create a boolean from a stream containing an atom encoded in Erlang external format. The value of the boolean will be true if the atom represented by the stream is "true" without regard to case. For other atom values, the boolean will have the value false.

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