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/* OpenType.java -- Superclass of all open types.

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package javax.management.openmbean;

import java.io.Serializable;

import java.util.Arrays;

import java.util.List;

/**

 * The superclass of all open types, which describe the

 * applicable data values for open MBeans.  An open type

 * is defined by its name and description, and the name

 * of the Java class it maps to.

 *

 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)

 * @since 1.5

 */

public abstract class OpenType<T>

  implements Serializable

{

  /**

   * Compatible with JDK 1.5

   */

  private static final long serialVersionUID = -9195195325186646468L;

  /**

   * The name of the Java class this type represents.

   */

  private String className;

  /**

   * The name of this type.

   */

  private String typeName;

  /**

   * A description of this type.

   */

  private String description;

  /**

   * An array which defines the set of Java types which can be

   * used as open types.  Note that each type is also available

   * in array form, possibly with multiple dimensions.

   *

   * @deprecated Use {@link ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES_LIST} instead.

   */

  @Deprecated

  public static final String[] ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES = {

    "java.lang.Void",

    "java.lang.Boolean",

    "java.lang.Character",

    "java.lang.Byte",

    "java.lang.Short",

    "java.lang.Integer",

    "java.lang.Long",

    "java.lang.Float",

    "java.lang.Double",

    "java.lang.String",

    "java.math.BigDecimal",

    "java.math.BigInteger",

    "java.util.Date",

    "javax.management.ObjectName",

    CompositeData.class.getName(),

    TabularData.class.getName()

  };

  /**

   * A list which defines the set of Java types that may be

   * used as open types.  Note that each type is also available

   * in array form, possibly with multiple dimensions.

   */

  public static final List<String> ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES_LIST =

    Arrays.asList(ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES);

  /**

   * Constructs a new {@link OpenType} for the specified class

   * with the given name and description.  The name of the class

   * must be taken from the list of {@link ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES}.

   * Arrays are implictly included in this, and follow the usual

   * syntax of {@link java.lang.Class#getName()} with the name

   * preceded by n instances of '[' (where n is the number of

   * dimensions) and an L.  The name and description can not be

   * <code>null</code> or the empty string.

   *

   * @param className the name of the Java class this type

   *                  represents.

   * @param name the name of the type.

   * @param desc the description of the type.

   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either of <code>name</code>

   *                                  or <code>desc</code> are

   *                                  <code>null</code> or the empty

   *                                  string.

   * @throws OpenDataException if the class name does not reference

   *                           a listed class (from @{link ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES})

   */

  protected OpenType(String className, String name, String desc)

    throws OpenDataException

  {

    if (name == null || name.equals(""))

      throw new IllegalArgumentException("The name can not be null " +

                                         "or the empty string.");

    if (desc == null || desc.equals(""))

      throw new IllegalArgumentException("The description can not " +

                                         "be null or the empty string.");

    Class<?> type;

    try

      {

        type = Class.forName(className);

      }

    catch (ClassNotFoundException e)

      {

        throw (OpenDataException) new OpenDataException("The class name, " + className +

                                                        ", is unavailable.").initCause(e);

      }

    while (type.isArray())

      type = type.getComponentType();

    if (!(type.isPrimitive() || ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES_LIST.contains(type.getName())))

      throw new OpenDataException("The class name, " + className +

                                  ", does not specify a valid open type.");

    this.className = className;

    typeName = name;

    description = desc;

  }

  /**

   * Performs an equality test on this object and the one specified.

   *

   * @param obj the object to test against this one.

   * @return true if the two objects are equivalent.

   * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()

   */

  public abstract boolean equals(Object obj);

  /**

   * Returns the name of the Java class this type represents.  This must

   * be one of the {@link ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES} or an array of one of them.

   * The specification of arrays follows the standard set by

   * {@link java.lang.Class#getName()} i.e. the name is the class name

   * preceded by n instances of '[' and an 'L', where n is number of

   * dimensions used by the array.

   *

   * @return the class name.

   */

  public String getClassName()

  {

    return className;

  }

  /**

   * Returns a description of this open type.

   *

   * @return the description.

   */

  public String getDescription()

  {

    return description;

  }

  /**

   * Returns the name of this open type.

   *

   * @return the type name.

   */

  public String getTypeName()

  {

    return typeName;

  }

  /**

   * Returns a hash code for this open type.  The hash code

   * should be consistent with the {@link equals()} method.

   * Thus, it should continue to return the same value while

   * the values used by the {@link equals()} method remain

   * the same, and should return different hash codes for

   * objects which are judged to be different using the

   * {@link equals()} method.

   *

   * @return the hash code of this instance.

   */

  public abstract int hashCode();

  /**

   * Returns true if this open type represents an array type.

   *

   * @return true if this open type represents an array type.

   */

  public boolean isArray()

  {

    return className.startsWith("[");

  }

  /**

   * Returns true if the specified object is a member of this

   * type.

   *

   * @param obj the object to test for membership.

   * @return true if the object is a member of this type.

   */

  public abstract boolean isValue(Object obj);

  /**

   * Returns a textual representation of this type.

   *

   * @return a {@link java.lang.String} representation of this

   *         type.

   */

  public abstract String toString();

}