com.metamatrix.connector.xml.base
Class StringBackedValueReference

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.connector.xml.base.StringBackedValueReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

LargeTextValueReference

public class StringBackedValueReference
extends java.lang.Object
implements LargeTextValueReference

Constructor Summary

protected

StringBackedValueReference(java.lang.String str)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getContentAsString() Obtain the content held in the reference as a string.
long	getSize() Get total size of the object.
java.lang.Object	getValue() Obtain the actual original value that is held by the reference.
boolean	isBinary() Determine whether this is a blob or clob type object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringBackedValueReference

protected StringBackedValueReference(java.lang.String str)

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Description copied from interface: LargeTextValueReference

Obtain the actual original value that is held by the reference.

Specified by:

getValue in interface LargeTextValueReference

Returns:

The original large object from the source

getSize

public long getSize()

Description copied from interface: LargeTextValueReference

Get total size of the object. This is expected to potentially take a long time if the entire object must be scanned to determine the size.

Specified by:

getSize in interface LargeTextValueReference

Returns:

Size of the object in either bytes or characters, as appropriate

getContentAsString

public java.lang.String getContentAsString()

Description copied from interface: LargeTextValueReference

Obtain the content held in the reference as a string.

Specified by:

getContentAsString in interface LargeTextValueReference

Returns:

String representation of reference content.

isBinary

public boolean isBinary()

Description copied from interface: LargeTextValueReference

Determine whether this is a blob or clob type object.

Specified by:

isBinary in interface LargeTextValueReference

Returns:

True if binary, false if character data