Java tutorial
package ca.uhn.fhir.model.api; /* * #%L * HAPI FHIR - Core Library * %% * Copyright (C) 2014 - 2016 University Health Network * %% * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * #L% */ import java.io.Externalizable; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInput; import java.io.ObjectOutput; import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder; import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder; import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IPrimitiveType; import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.DataFormatException; public abstract class BasePrimitive<T> extends BaseIdentifiableElement implements IPrimitiveDatatype<T>, Externalizable { private T myCoercedValue; private String myStringValue; /** * Subclasses must override to convert a "coerced" value into an encoded one. * * @param theValue * Will not be null * @return May return null if the value does not correspond to anything */ protected abstract String encode(T theValue); @Override public boolean equals(Object theObj) { if (theObj == null) { return false; } if (!(theObj.getClass() == getClass())) { return false; } BasePrimitive<?> o = (BasePrimitive<?>) theObj; EqualsBuilder b = new EqualsBuilder(); b.append(getValue(), o.getValue()); return b.isEquals(); } @Override public T getValue() { return myCoercedValue; } @Override public String getValueAsString() throws DataFormatException { return myStringValue; } @Override public int hashCode() { return new HashCodeBuilder().append(getValue()).toHashCode(); } @Override public boolean isEmpty() { return super.isBaseEmpty() && getValue() == null; } /** * Subclasses must override to convert an encoded representation of this datatype into a "coerced" one * * @param theValue * Will not be null * @return May return null if the value does not correspond to anything */ protected abstract T parse(String theValue); @Override public void readExternal(ObjectInput theIn) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { String object = (String) theIn.readObject(); setValueAsString(object); } @Override public BasePrimitive<T> setValue(T theValue) throws DataFormatException { myCoercedValue = theValue; updateStringValue(); return this; } @Override public void setValueAsString(String theValue) throws DataFormatException { if (theValue == null) { myCoercedValue = null; } else { // NB this might be null myCoercedValue = parse(theValue); } myStringValue = theValue; } @Override public String toString() { return getClass().getSimpleName() + "[" + getValueAsString() + "]"; } protected void updateStringValue() { if (myCoercedValue == null) { myStringValue = null; } else { // NB this might be null myStringValue = encode(myCoercedValue); } } @Override public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput theOut) throws IOException { theOut.writeObject(getValueAsString()); } }