com.mckoi.database.global

Interface StringAccessor

All Known Subinterfaces:

ClobRef

All Known Implementing Classes:

StringObject

public interface StringAccessor

An interface used by the engine to access and process strings. This interface allows us to access the contents of a string that may be implemented in several different ways. For example, a string may be represented as a java.lang.String object in memeory, or it may be represented as an ASCII sequence in a store.

Author:

Tobias Downer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Reader	getReader() Returns a Reader that allows the string to be read sequentually from start to finish.
int	length() Returns the number of characters in the string.
String	toString() Returns this string as a java.lang.String object.

Method Detail

length

int length()

Returns the number of characters in the string.

getReader

Reader getReader()

Returns a Reader that allows the string to be read sequentually from start to finish.

toString

String toString()

Returns this string as a java.lang.String object. Some care may be necessary with this call because a very large string will require a lot space on the heap.

Overrides:

toString in class Object