Interface Binding

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleBinding

public interface Binding
extends Serializable

A named value binding.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)	Compares a binding object to another object.
String	getName()	Gets the name of the binding (e.g. the variable name).
Value	getValue()	Gets the value of the binding.
int	hashCode()	The hash code of a binding is defined as the bit-wise XOR of the hash codes of its name and value:

Method Details

getName

String getName()

Gets the name of the binding (e.g. the variable name).

Returns:

The name of the binding.

getValue

Value getValue()

Gets the value of the binding. The returned value is never equal to null, such a "binding" is considered to be unbound.

Returns:

The value of the binding, never null.

equals

boolean equals(Object o)

Compares a binding object to another object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - The object to compare this binding to.

Returns:

true if the other object is an instance of Binding and both their names and values are equal, false otherwise.

hashCode

int hashCode()

The hash code of a binding is defined as the bit-wise XOR of the hash codes of its name and value:

name.hashCode() ˆ value.hashCode()

.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

A hash code for the binding.