stella
Class AbstractMerit

java.lang.Object
  util.PropertyContainer
      stella.AbstractMerit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Meriting, Initializable, PropertyBearing

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractPhaseMerit, AfterPickMerit, AirmassMerit, AtTimeMerit, AvoidanceMerit, BeforeAfterMerit, BlockMerit, ConstantMerit, EvenlySpacedMerit, ExpressionMerit, ForcedSwitchOnMerit, ForcedTimeoutMerit, JdModulusMerit, MeridianMerit, MiddayMerit, MidnightMerit, NightlyMerit, NightStretchMerit, NumberMerit, OneObservationMerit, OppositionMerit, PatternMerit, PerNightMerit, PickRaiseMerit, PriorityMerit, RandomMerit, RepetitiveMerit, SlewTimeMerit, TerminalMerit, UserMerit, WindowMerit, ZenithMerit

public abstract class AbstractMerit
extends PropertyContainer
implements Meriting, Serializable

An abstract meriting class. Its main functionality is creating meriting instances from a class name.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class util.PropertyContainer

PropertyContainer.URLResource

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class util.PropertyContainer

KEY_LISTSEPARATOR, KEY_LOCALECOUNTRY, KEY_LOCALELANGUAGE, KEY_MAPKEYVALUECHAR, KEY_MAPSEPARATOR, KEY_NOINITONCREATE, KEY_RESOURCEBUNDLES

Fields inherited from interface util.PropertyBearing

CONFIG, KEY_CLASS, KEY_URLRESOURCES, KEY_URLUSECONFIG, KEY_URLUSECURRENT, KEY_URLUSEHOME

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractMerit(Map init) Protected default constructor.

Method Summary

static Meriting	createMerit(Map prop) Creates a meriting instance from a fully qualified class name.
Object	getInitializer() Returns null.
void	initMerit(Object obj) Empty method for convenience.
private void	readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) On deserialization, first read the hidden object definitions, then the properties of this merit.
private void	writeObject(ObjectOutputStream stream) We customize object serialization.

Methods inherited from class util.PropertyContainer

augment, augment, augment, clone, createFrom, createFrom, createFrom, defaultBoolean, defaultChar, defaultDouble, defaultFloat, defaultInt, defaultLong, defaultObject, defaultObject, defaultProperties, defaultProperty, getAsBoolean, getAsChar, getAsDouble, getAsEnums, getAsFloat, getAsInt, getAsList, getAsLong, getAsMap, getAsMap, getAsObject, getAsObject, getLocalClassLoader, getLocalized, getLocalized, getLocalizedString, getLocalizedString, getProperties, getPropertiesToKey, getPropertiesToKey, getProperty, getResource, getResourceAsStream, getResourceFromKey, getResources, has, init, isNew, keyCreate, keyCreate, parseObject, reload, reload, removeProperty, rescanned, setObject, setProperties, setProperty, stringProperties, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface stella.Meriting

getMerit

Constructor Detail

AbstractMerit

protected AbstractMerit(Map init)

Protected default constructor. Note that construction using an exisiting properties object is not supported. All information must be plunged into the property container either in the default subclasses constructor or later with the PropertyContainer.setProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) method.

Method Detail

createMerit

public static Meriting createMerit(Map prop)

Creates a meriting instance from a fully qualified class name. The class must support the default constructor.

initMerit

public void initMerit(Object obj)

Empty method for convenience. The very few classes that need initialization must override this method.

Specified by:

initMerit in interface Meriting

Parameters:

obj - An object used for initialization.

getInitializer

public Object getInitializer()

Returns null. If subclasses realy need an initializer, they should also override this method.

Specified by:

getInitializer in interface Meriting

Returns:

null if no initializer is needed.

writeObject

private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream stream)
                  throws IOException

We customize object serialization. We serialize out properties.

Throws:

IOException

readObject

private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream)
                 throws IOException,
                        ClassNotFoundException

On deserialization, first read the hidden object definitions, then the properties of this merit. The merit properties are then set using PropertyContainer.setProperties(java.util.Map).

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException