com.vmware.vapi.data

Class DynamicStructDefinition

java.lang.Object

com.vmware.vapi.data.DataDefinition

com.vmware.vapi.data.DynamicStructDefinition

public class DynamicStructDefinition
extends DataDefinition

DataDefinition for dynamic structures.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	accept(DefinitionVisitor visitor) Applies a visitor to this data-definition.
static DynamicStructDefinition	getInstance()
DataType	getType() Returns the DataType for this type.
List<Message>	validate(DataValue value) Validates that the specified DataValue is an instance of this data definition.

Methods inherited from class com.vmware.vapi.data.DataDefinition

completeValue, toString, validInstanceOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DynamicStructDefinition getInstance()

getType

public DataType getType()

Description copied from class: DataDefinition

Returns the DataType for this type.

Specified by:

getType in class DataDefinition

Returns:

the DataType for this type

validate

public List<Message> validate(DataValue value)

Validates that the specified DataValue is an instance of this data definition.

Validates that supplied value is not null and it's type matches DataType.STRUCTURE.

Overrides:

validate in class DataDefinition

Parameters:

value - the DataValue to validate

Returns:

a list of messages describing validation problems; empty list indicates that validation was successful

accept

public void accept(DefinitionVisitor visitor)

Description copied from class: DataDefinition

Applies a visitor to this data-definition.

Specified by:

accept in class DataDefinition

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor operating on this data-definition