com.hp.util.codec

Class EntropicStringSetCodec

java.lang.Object

com.hp.util.codec.StringSetCodec

com.hp.util.codec.EntropicStringSetCodec

All Implemented Interfaces:

Encodable, EntropicStringCodec, StringCodec

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClassNameCodec

public class EntropicStringSetCodec
extends StringSetCodec
implements EntropicStringCodec

This class is a specialization of StringSetCodec that allows mappings to be added to the codec after it has been constructed.

Author:

Simon Hunt

See Also:

CodecFactory

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(String original) This method adds another original string to the codec.
void	addAll(Set<String> originals) This method adds more original (unencoded) strings to the codec.

Methods inherited from class com.hp.util.codec.StringSetCodec

decode, encode, equals, hashCode, size, toDebugString, toEncodedString, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.hp.util.codec.StringCodec

decode, encode, size

Method Detail

add

public void add(String original)

Description copied from interface: EntropicStringCodec

This method adds another original string to the codec. The implementation will assign a unique encoded form for the string and add it to its internal map.

Specified by:

add in interface EntropicStringCodec

Parameters:

original - an original (unencoded) string

addAll

public void addAll(Set<String> originals)

Description copied from interface: EntropicStringCodec

This method adds more original (unencoded) strings to the codec. The implementation will assign a unique encoded form for each string and add them to its internal map.

Specified by:

addAll in interface EntropicStringCodec

Parameters:

originals - an original (unencoded) string