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/**
* Copyright (c) 2014, University of Warsaw
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
* provided that the following conditions are met:
*
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
* conditions and the following disclaimer.
*
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of
* conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
* with the distribution.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
* CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
* DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
* DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
* WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY
* WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
package pl.edu.mimuw.cloudatlas.model;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* A type of a value that may be stored as an attribute.
*/
public abstract class Type implements Serializable {
/**
* A primary type. This is a characteristic that every type has. It can be extended: for instance a collection may
* be parameterized with a type of stored values.
*/
public static enum PrimaryType {
BOOLEAN, CONTACT, DOUBLE, DURATION, INT, LIST, NULL, SET, STRING, TIME, QUERY
}
private final PrimaryType primaryType;
/**
* Creates a <code>Type</code> object with a given primary type.
*
* @param primaryType a primary type for this type
*/
public Type(PrimaryType primaryType) {
this.primaryType = primaryType;
}
/**
* Returns the primary type of this type.
*
* @return a primary type
*/
public PrimaryType getPrimaryType() {
return primaryType;
}
/**
* Indicates whether this type can be implicitly "cast" to the given one and vice versa. This is introduced to deal with
* null values. In practice, two types are compatible either if they are the same or if one them is a special
* "null type".
*
* @param type a type to check
* @return whether two types are compatible with each other
* @see TypePrimitive#NULL
* @see ValueNull
*/
public boolean isCompatible(Type type) {
return getPrimaryType() == PrimaryType.NULL || type.getPrimaryType() == PrimaryType.NULL;
}
/**
* Indicates whether this type represents a collection.
*
* @return true for collections, false otherwise
*/
public boolean isCollection() {
return false;
}
}
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