Package org.codice.ddf.libs.klv

Class KlvDataElement<T>

java.lang.Object

org.codice.ddf.libs.klv.KlvDataElement<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

KlvBytes, KlvEncodingDetectedString, KlvLocalSet, KlvNumericalDataElement, KlvString

public abstract class KlvDataElement<T>
extends Object

Describes how to interpret the value of a certain data element.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final String	key
protected final byte[]	keyBytes
protected final String	name
protected T	value

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
KlvDataElement(byte[] key, String name)	Constructs a KlvDataElement that describes how to interpret the value of a data element with the given key.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected abstract KlvDataElement	copy()
protected abstract void	decodeValue(Klv klv)
final byte[]	getKey()
protected final String	getKeyAsString()
final String	getName()
T	getValue()
boolean	isErrorIndicated()	If the data element was encoded with an error indicator value and the value matches that indicator, then this method will return true.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

keyBytes

protected final byte[] keyBytes

key

protected final String key

name

protected final String name

value

protected T value

Constructor Details

KlvDataElement

public KlvDataElement(byte[] key,
 String name)

Constructs a KlvDataElement that describes how to interpret the value of a data element with the given key.

Parameters:

key - the data element's key

name - a name describing the data element's value

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if any arguments are null

Method Details

getKey

public final byte[] getKey()

getKeyAsString

protected final String getKeyAsString()

getName

public final String getName()

decodeValue

protected abstract void decodeValue(Klv klv)

getValue

public T getValue()

copy

protected abstract KlvDataElement copy()

isErrorIndicated

public boolean isErrorIndicated()

If the data element was encoded with an error indicator value and the value matches that indicator, then this method will return true. Child classes should override the default implementation if they support error indicator values.

Returns:

true if error was encoded