com.topologi.diffx.event.impl
Class WordEvent

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.topologi.diffx.event.impl.CharactersEventBase
      extended by com.topologi.diffx.event.impl.WordEvent
All Implemented Interfaces:
DiffXEvent, TextEvent, XMLFormattable, XMLWritable

public final class WordEvent
extends CharactersEventBase
implements TextEvent

A text event representing a word.

Version:
27 March 2010
Author:
Christophe Lauret

Constructor Summary
WordEvent(CharSequence w)
          Creates a new word event.
 
Method Summary
 boolean equals(Object o)
          Invokes the DiffXEvent.equals(DiffXEvent) method if the specified object if not null and is an instance of DiffXEvent.
 int getWeight()
          Returns the weight of this event.
 void setWeight(int weight)
          Sets the weight of this event.
 String toString()
           
 String toXML()
          Returns a xml representation of the object of the implementing class.
 
Methods inherited from class com.topologi.diffx.event.impl.CharactersEventBase
equals, getCharacters, hashCode, toXML, toXML
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface com.topologi.diffx.event.TextEvent
getCharacters
 
Methods inherited from interface com.topologi.diffx.event.DiffXEvent
equals, getWeight, setWeight
 
Methods inherited from interface com.topologi.diffx.xml.XMLWritable
toXML
 
Methods inherited from interface com.topologi.diffx.xml.XMLFormattable
toXML, toXML
 

Constructor Detail

WordEvent

public WordEvent(CharSequence w)
          throws NullPointerException
Creates a new word event.

Parameters:
w - The word as a string.
Throws:
NullPointerException - If the given String is null.
Method Detail

toString

public String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class Object

equals

public final boolean equals(Object o)
Invokes the DiffXEvent.equals(DiffXEvent) method if the specified object if not null and is an instance of DiffXEvent.

Overrides:
equals in class Object
Parameters:
o - The object to compare.
Returns:
true if the specified object is equal; false otherwise.

toXML

public String toXML()
Description copied from interface: XMLFormattable

Returns a xml representation of the object of the implementing class.

Most implementation should use the following code to ensure consistent data with the other toXML method:

return this.toXML(new StringBuffer()).toString();

Specified by:
toXML in interface XMLFormattable
Returns:
a XML representation of the object of the implementing class.

getWeight

public int getWeight()
Description copied from interface: DiffXEvent
Returns the weight of this event.

The default weight should be 1.

Specified by:
getWeight in interface DiffXEvent
Returns:
The weight of this event.

setWeight

public void setWeight(int weight)
Description copied from interface: DiffXEvent
Sets the weight of this event.

This method is intended for use by algorithms, optimisers and loaders in order to adjust the importance of an event.

Specified by:
setWeight in interface DiffXEvent
Parameters:
weight - The weight of this event.