jade.content.lang
Class Codec

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--jade.content.lang.Codec

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ByteArrayCodec, StringCodec

public abstract class Codec

extends java.lang.Object

implements Serializable

Generic base class for al content language codecs

Author:

Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

Codec.CodecException Class CodecException.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

UNNAMEDPREFIX This string is the prefix of all the unnamed slots of a Frame

Constructor Summary

protected

Codec(java.lang.String name) Construct a Codec object with the given name

Method Summary

Ontology	getInnerOntology()
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of this codec.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UNNAMEDPREFIX

public static java.lang.String UNNAMEDPREFIX

This string is the prefix of all the unnamed slots of a Frame

Constructor Detail

Codec

protected Codec(java.lang.String name)

Construct a Codec object with the given name

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of this codec.

Returns:

the name of this codec.

getInnerOntology

public Ontology getInnerOntology()

Returns:

the ontology containing the schemas of the operator defined in this language