net.ontopia.utils
Class CachedStringifier

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.utils.CachedStringifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

CachedIF, StringifierIF

public class CachedStringifier
extends java.lang.Object
implements StringifierIF, CachedIF

INTERNAL: Stringifier that maintains a cache of previously stringified objects. It works with any implementation of StringifierIF.

The cache is first checked to see if a stringified version already exists. Otherwise the object is stringified and the cache is updated.

Constructor Summary

CachedStringifier(StringifierIF stringifier)

Method Summary

StringifierIF	getStringifier() Gets the stringifier that is to be cached.
void	refresh() Refreshes the cache.
void	setStringifier(StringifierIF stringifier) Sets the stringifier that is to be cached.
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object object) Returns a stringified version of the object, i.e.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CachedStringifier

public CachedStringifier(StringifierIF stringifier)

Method Detail

getStringifier

public StringifierIF getStringifier()

Gets the stringifier that is to be cached.

setStringifier

public void setStringifier(StringifierIF stringifier)

Sets the stringifier that is to be cached.

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object object)

Description copied from interface: StringifierIF

Returns a stringified version of the object, i.e. a string representation of that object.

Specified by:

toString in interface StringifierIF

Parameters:

object - the object that is to be made a string representation of.

Returns:

a string representation of the object argument.

refresh

public void refresh()

Description copied from interface: CachedIF

Refreshes the cache.

Specified by:

refresh in interface CachedIF