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com.meyling.principia.module
Class Specification

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument
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        +--com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentList
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              +--com.meyling.principia.module.Specification

All Implemented Interfaces:: Argument

public class Specification
extends AbstractArgumentList
implements Argument

Describes a specificiation of a module, that means its name, versions and possible "physical" locations.

Version:: $Revision 0.00.50$
Author:: Michael Meyling

Fields inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentList

arguments

Constructor Summary

Specification(Argument[] arguments)
          Constructs a module specification.

Method Summary

Argument create(Argument[] arguments)
          Create a new Argument with given arguments.

String toString()
          Get the argument in String form.

Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgumentList

copy, getArgument, getArgumentSize

Methods inherited from class com.meyling.principia.argument.AbstractArgument

containsPatternVariables, equals, getHighestNumber, getPatternVariables, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.meyling.principia.argument.Argument

containsPatternVariables, copy, equals, getArgument, getArgumentSize, getPatternVariables, getReplacementParents, getSearchParents, hashCode, matches, matches, replace, replace, replace, replaceMatches

Constructor Detail

Specification

public Specification(Argument[] arguments)
              throws ArgumentException

Constructs a module specification.

Parameters:: arguments - list of arguments
Throws:: ArgumentException - if the argument list hasn't the length 4 or isn't made of Name, Version, Version and LocationList in exactly that order.

Method Detail

create

public final Argument create(Argument[] arguments)
                      throws ArgumentException

Description copied from interface: Argument

Create a new Argument with given arguments.

Specified by:: create in interface Argument
Overrides:: create in class AbstractArgumentList

Following copied from interface: com.meyling.principia.argument.Argument

Parameters:: arguments - with these arguments the operator should be created
Returns:: new constructed Argument
Throws:: ArgumentException - if creation failed

toString

public final String toString()