io.github.robolib.nettable.entry

Class NTEntryType

java.lang.Object

io.github.robolib.nettable.entry.NTEntryType

Direct Known Subclasses:

ComplexEntryType

public abstract class NTEntryType
extends java.lang.Object

A class defining the types supported by NetworkTables as well as support for serialization of those types to and from DataStreams

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
byte	id the id of a type
java.lang.String	name the name of a type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	NTEntryType(byte id, java.lang.String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract java.lang.Object	readValue(java.io.DataInputStream is) read a value from a data input stream
abstract void	sendValue(java.lang.Object value, java.io.DataOutputStream os) send a value over a data output stream
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

id

public final byte id

the id of a type

name

public final java.lang.String name

the name of a type

Constructor Detail

NTEntryType

protected NTEntryType(byte id,
                      java.lang.String name)

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

sendValue

public abstract void sendValue(java.lang.Object value,
                               java.io.DataOutputStream os)
                        throws java.io.IOException

send a value over a data output stream

Parameters:

value - the value to send

os - the stream to send the value over

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an error occurred writing the value

readValue

public abstract java.lang.Object readValue(java.io.DataInputStream is)
                                    throws java.io.IOException

read a value from a data input stream

Parameters:

is - the stream to read a value from

Returns:

the value read from the stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an error occurred reading the value