com.topcoder.shared.language
Interface Language

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, com.topcoder.shared.netCommon.CustomSerializable, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseLanguage

public interface Language

extends java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, com.topcoder.shared.netCommon.CustomSerializable

The interface for the implementation of all the semantics associated with a supported programming language. This basically consists of the logic for generating language-dependent method signatures. An instance of type Language also serves as a convenient identifier for a particular language.

Author:

Logan Hanks

See Also:

DataType

Method Summary

void	customReadObject(com.topcoder.shared.netCommon.CSReader reader) Custom serialization method.
void	customWriteObject(com.topcoder.shared.netCommon.CSWriter writer) Custom serialization method.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Two languages are equal if they have the same id.
int	getId() Returns the unique identifier of the language.
java.lang.String	getMethodSignature(java.lang.String methodName, DataType returnType, DataType[] paramTypes, java.lang.String[] paramNames) Creates a method signature for the given parameters specific to the language.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the textual name for the language such as "Java" or "C++".

Method Detail

getId

public int getId()

Returns the unique identifier of the language.

Returns:

the unique identifier of the language.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the textual name for the language such as "Java" or "C++".

Returns:

the textual name for the language such as "Java" or "C++".

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Two languages are equal if they have the same id.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

true if equal, false if not.

customWriteObject

public void customWriteObject(com.topcoder.shared.netCommon.CSWriter writer)
                       throws java.io.IOException

Custom serialization method.

Specified by:

customWriteObject in interface com.topcoder.shared.netCommon.CustomSerializable

Parameters:

writer - the writer to write to.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error has occurred in the stream that backs the writer.

customReadObject

public void customReadObject(com.topcoder.shared.netCommon.CSReader reader)
                      throws java.io.IOException,
                             java.io.ObjectStreamException

Custom serialization method.

Specified by:

customReadObject in interface com.topcoder.shared.netCommon.CustomSerializable

Parameters:

reader - the reader to read from.

Throws:

java.io.ObjectStreamException - if the information that is read is inconsistent (stream corrupted or incompatibility between writers and readers)

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error has occurred in the stream that backs the reader.

getMethodSignature

public java.lang.String getMethodSignature(java.lang.String methodName,
                                           DataType returnType,
                                           DataType[] paramTypes,
                                           java.lang.String[] paramNames)

Creates a method signature for the given parameters specific to the language.

Parameters:

methodName - the name of the method.

returnType - the datatype that will be returned by the method.

paramTypes - the datatype of the parameters of the method.

paramNames - the name of parameters of the method.

Returns:

the formatted method signature specific to the language.

See Also:

DataType