edu.utep.cs.utjml.rat
Interface Denotable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayValue, BooleanValue, IntValue, MethodCall, Value

public interface Denotable

An interface to uniformly represent various kinds of Java values and objects that can be part of a test case. The contained value may be a primitive value (e.g., int), a reference (e.g., array and String), or a Java value or reference represented as a method or constructor call.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Yoonsik Cheon

Method Summary

String	toString() Returns a string representation of this denotable.
Class	type() Returns the type of this denotable.
Object	value() Returns the represented value of this denotable.

Method Detail

value

Object value()

Returns the represented value of this denotable. If the represented value is a primitive value, the corresponding wrapper object is returned. If the represented value is a null, null is returned. If the represented value is a method or constructor call, the method or constructor is evaluated and the result is returned.

type

Class type()

Returns the type of this denotable. For a method call, the return type of the method is returned.

toString

String toString()

Returns a string representation of this denotable.

Overrides:

toString in class Object