org.knime.core.data.container
Class CellClassInfo

java.lang.Object
  org.knime.core.data.container.CellClassInfo

final class CellClassInfo
extends Object

Pair of cell class and possibly a DataType that represents the collection element type (only if cell class is a collection).

Author:

Bernd Wiswedel, University of Konstanz

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
(package private) static CellClassInfo	get(Class<? extends DataCell> cellClass, DataType collectionElementType) Same as get(DataCell), only with resolved arguments.
(package private) static CellClassInfo	get(DataCell cell) Access method to retrieve the CellClassInfo for a given DataCell.
(package private) Class<? extends DataCell>	getCellClass()
(package private) DataType	getCollectionElementType()
(package private) DataType	getDataType() Get the DataType of the underlying cell.
(package private) DataCellSerializer<? extends DataCell>	getSerializer()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

get

static CellClassInfo get(DataCell cell)

Access method to retrieve the CellClassInfo for a given DataCell. Used to avoid overhead of creating a new object for each DataCell being added to a buffer.

Parameters:

cell - The argument cell

Returns:

The representing cell class info.

get

static CellClassInfo get(Class<? extends DataCell> cellClass,
                         DataType collectionElementType)

Same as get(DataCell), only with resolved arguments.

Parameters:

cellClass - Class of DataCell

collectionElementType - DataType of collection elements if the cell class is an instance of CollectionDataValue.

Returns:

The representing CellClassInfo

getCollectionElementType

DataType getCollectionElementType()

Returns:

the collectionElementType or null if this represent not a collection cell.

getCellClass

Class<? extends DataCell> getCellClass()

Returns:

the cellClass

getDataType

DataType getDataType()

Get the DataType of the underlying cell.

Returns:

The associated DataType.

getSerializer

DataCellSerializer<? extends DataCell> getSerializer()

Returns:

the serializer associated with the type (or null if to use java serialization).

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object