org.quark.jasmine.Answer Class Reference

Public Member Functions
void	setValue (Object value)
double	toDouble_ () throws JasmineException
double	toDouble ()
float	toFloat_ () throws JasmineException
float	toFloat ()
int	toInteger_ () throws JasmineException
int	toInteger ()
boolean	toBoolean_ () throws JasmineException
boolean	toBoolean ()

Public Attributes
Object	value

Package Functions
	Answer ()
	Answer (Object value)

Detailed Description

This class is used to hold either

• the answer to an expression, or
• the value of a variable in an algorithm.

Jasmine uses the double data type throughout this class provides utilities methods to convert the answer to other data types.

Author

Peter Lager

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

org.quark.jasmine.Answer.Answer ( )

package

Create a null Answer object

org.quark.jasmine.Answer.Answer ( Object  value )

package

Create an Answer object with the given value.

Parameters

value

if null will be set

Member Function Documentation

void org.quark.jasmine.Answer.setValue

(

Object

value

)

Used by the generated QuarkExpression class object created in the default package.

boolean org.quark.jasmine.Answer.toBoolean

(

)

Get the Boolean value of the base object if a direct conversion can take place. If the base object cannot be converted to a Boolean then display an error message and return false.

Returns

Boolean interpretation of the base object.

boolean org.quark.jasmine.Answer.toBoolean_

(

)

throws JasmineException

Get the Boolean interpretation of the base object if a direct conversion can take place.

Returns

Boolean interpretation of the base object.

Exceptions

JasmineException

if the base object is not a Boolean or cannot be converted to a Boolean

double org.quark.jasmine.Answer.toDouble

(

)

Get the Double value of the base object if a direct conversion can take place. If the base object cannot be converted to a Double then display an error message and return zero.

Returns

Double interpretation of the base object.

double org.quark.jasmine.Answer.toDouble_

(

)

throws JasmineException

Get the Double interpretation of the base object if a direct conversion can take place.

Returns

Double interpretation of the base object.

Exceptions

JasmineException

if the base object is not a Double or cannot be converted to a Double

float org.quark.jasmine.Answer.toFloat

(

)

Get the Float value of the base object if a direct conversion can take place. If the base object cannot be converted to a Float then display an error message and return zero.

Returns

Float interpretation of the base object.

float org.quark.jasmine.Answer.toFloat_

(

)

throws JasmineException

Get the Float interpretation of the base object if a direct conversion can take place.

Returns

Float interpretation of the base object.

Exceptions

JasmineException

if the base object is not a Float or cannot be converted to a Float

int org.quark.jasmine.Answer.toInteger

(

)

Get the Integer value of the base object if a direct conversion can take place. If the base object cannot be converted to an Integer then display an error message and return zero.

Returns

Double interpretation of the base object.

int org.quark.jasmine.Answer.toInteger_

(

)

throws JasmineException

Get an Integer interpretation of the base object if a direct conversion can take place.

Returns

Integer interpretation of the base object.

Exceptions

JasmineException

if the base object is not an Integer or cannot be converted to an Integer

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• /Users/peter/git/jasmine-repos/Jasmine/src/org/quark/jasmine/Answer.java