Package org.joda.beans.ser

Class SerIterable

java.lang.Object

org.joda.beans.ser.SerIterable

public abstract class SerIterable
extends Object

An abstraction over collections, lists, sets and maps.

This is a plugin point that can handle Guava collections.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SerIterable()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	add(Object key, Object column, Object value, int count)	Adds an item to the builder.
abstract Object	build()	Builds the final collection.
SerCategory	category()	Gets the category of iterable.
Class<?>	columnType()	Gets the type of the column.
void	dimensions(int[] dimensions)	Sets the dimensions of the wrapped collection.
abstract SerIterator	iterator()	Obtains an iterator over the data.
Class<?>	keyType()	Gets the type of the key.
abstract Class<?>	valueType()	Gets the type of the value.
abstract List<Class<?>>	valueTypeTypes()	Gets the generic parameters of the value type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SerIterable

public SerIterable()

Method Detail

iterator

public abstract SerIterator iterator()

Obtains an iterator over the data.

Returns:

the iterator, not null

dimensions

public void dimensions(int[] dimensions)

Sets the dimensions of the wrapped collection.

Parameters:

dimensions - the dimension, 0 for row, 1 for column

add

public abstract void add(Object key,
                         Object column,
                         Object value,
                         int count)

Adds an item to the builder.

Parameters:

key - the key, such as for a map, null if no key

column - the column, such as for a table, null if no column

value - the value, such as for a map or list value, may be null

count - the count, such as for a multiset, typically one or greater

build

public abstract Object build()

Builds the final collection.

Returns:

the build collection, not null

category

public SerCategory category()

Gets the category of iterable.

Returns:

the category, not null

keyType

public Class<?> keyType()

Gets the type of the key.

Returns:

the key type, null if no key

columnType

public Class<?> columnType()

Gets the type of the column.

Returns:

the column type, null if no column

valueType

public abstract Class<?> valueType()

Gets the type of the value.

Returns:

the value type, not null

valueTypeTypes

public abstract List<Class<?>> valueTypeTypes()

Gets the generic parameters of the value type.

Returns:

the generic parameters of the value type, not null