hep.io.root
Interface RootObjectRepresentation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRootObject

public interface RootObjectRepresentation

A representation of a RootObject

Version:

$Id: RootObjectRepresentation.java,v 1.5 2002/06/12 23:15:13 duns Exp $

Author:

Tony Johnson (tonyj@slac.stanford.edu)

Method Summary

Object	get(String name) Get the value of a member variable
Object	getMangled(String mangledName)
Object	getProxy()
RootClass	getRootClass() Get the class of this object
RootObjectRepresentation	getSuperClass(String name) Get the (super) class of a specific type
RootObjectRepresentation[]	getSuperClasses() Get the super class instances for this object
Enumeration	members() Return an Enumeration of the member variables
int	nMembers() Get the number of member variables
void	read(RootInput in) Read an instance of this object from an input stream.

Method Detail

read

public void read(RootInput in)
          throws IOException

Read an instance of this object from an input stream. Equivalent to the read part of the Root Streamer method.

IOException

members

public Enumeration members()

Return an Enumeration of the member variables

nMembers

public int nMembers()

Get the number of member variables

get

public Object get(String name)

Get the value of a member variable

getMangled

public Object getMangled(String mangledName)

getRootClass

public RootClass getRootClass()

Get the class of this object

Returns:

The RootClass for this object

getSuperClasses

public RootObjectRepresentation[] getSuperClasses()

Get the super class instances for this object

getSuperClass

public RootObjectRepresentation getSuperClass(String name)

Get the (super) class of a specific type

Parameters:

name - The super class to find

Returns:

The superclass, or null if not found

getProxy

public Object getProxy()