ptolemy.data.type
Class RecordType

java.lang.Object
  ptolemy.data.type.StructuredType
      ptolemy.data.type.RecordType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Type

Direct Known Subclasses:

FakedRecordToken.FakedRecordType, LocationType

public class RecordType
extends StructuredType

A class representing the type of a RecordToken. To set the type of a typeable object (such as a port or parameter) to a record with particular fields, create an instance of this class and call setTypeEquals() with that instance as an argument.

Note that a record type with more fields is a subtype of a record type with a subset of the fields. For example, {x = double, y = int} is a subtype of {x = double}. When a record of type {x = double, y = int} is converted to one of type {x = double}, the extra field is discarded. The converted record, therefore, will have exactly the fields in the type.

A consequence of this is that all record types are subtypes of the empty record type. Hence, to require that a typeable object be a record type without specifying what the fields are, use

 typeable.setTypeAtMost(new RecordType(new String[0], new Type[0]));
 

Note, however, that by itself this type constraint will not be useful because it does not, by itself, prevent the type from resolving to unknown (the unknown type is at the bottom of the type lattice, and hence satisfies this type constraint).

Since:

Ptolemy II 3.0

Version:

$Id: RecordType.java,v 1.75 2007/12/07 06:31:50 cxh Exp $

Author:

Yuhong Xiong, Elaine Cheong and Steve Neuendorffer; contributor: J. S. Senecal

Accepted Rating:

Red (cxh)

Proposed Rating:

Red (neuendor)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.data.type.StructuredType

MAXDEPTHBOUND

Fields inherited from interface ptolemy.data.type.Type

HASH_INVALID, HASH_MAX

Constructor Summary

RecordType(java.util.Map fieldMap)
Construct a RecordType with the labels and values specified by a given Map object.

RecordType(java.lang.String[] labels, Type[] types)
Construct a new RecordType with the specified labels and types.

Method Summary

protected int	_compare(StructuredType type) Compare this type with the specified type.
protected StructuredType	_getRepresentative() Return a static instance of RecordType.
protected StructuredType	_greatestLowerBound(StructuredType type) Return the greatest lower bound of this type with the specified type.
protected StructuredType	_leastUpperBound(StructuredType type) Return the least Upper bound of this type with the specified type.
java.lang.Object	clone() Return a deep copy of this RecordType if it is a variable, or itself if it is a constant.
Token	convert(Token token) Convert the argument token into a RecordToken having this type, if lossless conversion can be done.
int	depth() Return the depth of a record type.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object) Determine if the argument represents the same RecordType as this object.
Type	get(java.lang.String label) Return the type of the specified label.
java.lang.Class	getTokenClass() Return the class for tokens that this type represents.
InequalityTerm	getTypeTerm(java.lang.String label) Return the InequalityTerm representing the type of the specified label.
int	hashCode() Return a hash code value for this object.
void	initialize(Type type) Set the elements that have declared type BaseType.UNKNOWN (the leaf type variable) to the specified type.
boolean	isAbstract() Return true if this type does not correspond to a single token class.
boolean	isCompatible(Type type) Test if the argument type is compatible with this type.
boolean	isConstant() Test if this RecordType is a constant.
boolean	isInstantiable() Test if this type corresponds to an instantiable token class.
boolean	isSubstitutionInstance(Type type) Test if the specified type is a substitution instance of this type.
java.util.Set	labelSet() Return the labels of this record type as a Set.
java.lang.String	toString() Return the string representation of this type.
void	updateType(StructuredType newType) Update this Type to the specified RecordType.

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.data.type.StructuredType

add, divide, getTypeHash, modulo, multiply, one, subtract, zero

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RecordType

public RecordType(java.lang.String[] labels,
                  Type[] types)

Construct a new RecordType with the specified labels and types. To leave the types of some fields undeclared, use BaseType.UNKNOWN. The labels and the types are specified in two arrays. These two arrays must have the same length, and their elements have one to one correspondence. That is, the i'th entry in the types array is the type for the i'th label in the labels array. To construct the empty record type, set the length of the argument arrays to 0.

Parameters:

labels - An array of String.

types - An array of Type.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the two arrays do not have the same size.

java.lang.NullPointerException - If one of the arguments is null.

RecordType

public RecordType(java.util.Map fieldMap)
           throws IllegalActionException

Construct a RecordType with the labels and values specified by a given Map object. The object cannot contain any null keys or values.

Parameters:

fieldMap - A Map that has keys of type String and values of type Token.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the map contains null keys or values, or if it contains non-String keys or non-Type values

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Return a deep copy of this RecordType if it is a variable, or itself if it is a constant.

Specified by:

clone in interface Type

Specified by:

clone in class StructuredType

Returns:

A RecordType.

convert

public Token convert(Token token)
              throws IllegalActionException

Convert the argument token into a RecordToken having this type, if lossless conversion can be done. The argument must be an RecordToken, and its type must be a subtype of this record type. The argument token must have at least the fields of this type. Extra fields in the argument token that are not in this type are removed.

Parameters:

token - A token.

Returns:

An RecordToken.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If lossless conversion cannot be done.

depth

public int depth()

Return the depth of a record type. The depth of a record type is the number of times it contains other structured types. For example, a record of arrays has depth 2.

Overrides:

depth in class StructuredType

Returns:

the depth of a record type.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Determine if the argument represents the same RecordType as this object. Two record types are equal if they have the same field names and the type of each field is the same.

Specified by:

equals in interface Type

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

object - Another object.

Returns:

True if the argument represents the same RecordType as this object.

get

public Type get(java.lang.String label)

Return the type of the specified label. If this type does not contain the specified label, return null.

Parameters:

label - The specified label.

Returns:

a Type.

getTokenClass

public java.lang.Class getTokenClass()

Return the class for tokens that this type represents.

Returns:

The class for tokens that this type represents.

getTypeTerm

public InequalityTerm getTypeTerm(java.lang.String label)

Return the InequalityTerm representing the type of the specified label.

Parameters:

label - The specified label.

Returns:

An InequalityTerm.

See Also:

InequalityTerm

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Return a hash code value for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

isAbstract

public boolean isAbstract()

Return true if this type does not correspond to a single token class. This occurs if the type is not instantiable, or it represents either an abstract base class or an interface.

Specified by:

isAbstract in interface Type

Overrides:

isAbstract in class StructuredType

Returns:

true if the type of any field is abstract.

initialize

public void initialize(Type type)

Set the elements that have declared type BaseType.UNKNOWN (the leaf type variable) to the specified type.

Specified by:

initialize in class StructuredType

Parameters:

type - the type to set the leaf type variable to.

isCompatible

public boolean isCompatible(Type type)

Test if the argument type is compatible with this type. The given type will be compatible with this type if it is BaseType.UNKNOWN, or a RecordType that contains at least as many fields.

Parameters:

type - An instance of Type.

Returns:

True if the argument is compatible with this type.

isConstant

public boolean isConstant()

Test if this RecordType is a constant. A RecordType is a constant if the declared type of all of its fields are constant.

Returns:

True if this type is a constant.

isInstantiable

public boolean isInstantiable()

Test if this type corresponds to an instantiable token class. A RecordType is instantiable if all of its fields are instantiable.

Returns:

True if this type is instantiable.

isSubstitutionInstance

public boolean isSubstitutionInstance(Type type)

Test if the specified type is a substitution instance of this type. One record is a substitution instance of another if they have fields with the same names and each field of the given type is a substitution instance of the corresponding field in this type.

Parameters:

type - A Type.

Returns:

True if the argument is a substitution instance of this type.

See Also:

Type.isSubstitutionInstance(ptolemy.data.type.Type)

labelSet

public java.util.Set labelSet()

Return the labels of this record type as a Set.

Returns:

A Set containing strings.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return the string representation of this type. The format is {label = type, label = type, ...}. The record fields are listed in the lexicographical order of the labels determined by the java.lang.String.compareTo() method.

Specified by:

toString in interface Type

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A String.

updateType

public void updateType(StructuredType newType)
                throws IllegalActionException

Update this Type to the specified RecordType. The specified type must be a RecordType and have the same structure as this one, and have depth less than the MAXDEPTHDOUND. This method will only update the component whose declared type is BaseType.UNKNOWN, and leave the constant part of this type intact.

Overrides:

updateType in class StructuredType

Parameters:

newType - A StructuredType.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the specified type is not a RecordType or it does not have the same structure as this one.

_compare

protected int _compare(StructuredType type)

Compare this type with the specified type. The specified type must be a RecordType, otherwise an exception will be thrown. This method returns one of ptolemy.graph.CPO.LOWER, ptolemy.graph.CPO.SAME, ptolemy.graph.CPO.HIGHER, ptolemy.graph.CPO.INCOMPARABLE, indicating this type is lower than, equal to, higher than, or incomparable with the specified type in the type hierarchy, respectively.

Specified by:

_compare in class StructuredType

Parameters:

type - a RecordType.

Returns:

An integer.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the specified type is not a RecordType.

_getRepresentative

protected StructuredType _getRepresentative()

Return a static instance of RecordType.

Specified by:

_getRepresentative in class StructuredType

Returns:

a RecordType.

_greatestLowerBound

protected StructuredType _greatestLowerBound(StructuredType type)

Return the greatest lower bound of this type with the specified type. The specified type must be a RecordType, otherwise an exception will be thrown.

Specified by:

_greatestLowerBound in class StructuredType

Parameters:

type - a RecordType.

Returns:

a RecordType.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the specified type is not a RecordType.

_leastUpperBound

protected StructuredType _leastUpperBound(StructuredType type)

Return the least Upper bound of this type with the specified type. The specified type must be a RecordType, otherwise an exception will be thrown.

Specified by:

_leastUpperBound in class StructuredType

Parameters:

type - a RecordType.

Returns:

a RecordType.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the specified type is not a RecordType.