org.bukkit.metadata

Class MetadataValueAdapter

java.lang.Object

org.bukkit.metadata.MetadataValueAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetadataValue

Direct Known Subclasses:

LazyMetadataValue

public abstract class MetadataValueAdapter
extends java.lang.Object
implements MetadataValue

Optional base class for facilitating MetadataValue implementations.

This provides all the conversion functions for MetadataValue so that writing an implementation of MetadataValue is as simple as implementing value() and invalidate().

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.lang.ref.WeakReference<Plugin>	owningPlugin

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	MetadataValueAdapter(Plugin owningPlugin)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	asBoolean() Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a boolean.
byte	asByte() Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a byte.
double	asDouble() Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a double.
float	asFloat() Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a float.
int	asInt() Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into an int.
long	asLong() Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a long.
short	asShort() Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a short.
java.lang.String	asString() Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a string.
Plugin	getOwningPlugin() Returns the Plugin that created this metadata item.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.bukkit.metadata.MetadataValue

invalidate, value

Field Detail

owningPlugin

protected final java.lang.ref.WeakReference<Plugin> owningPlugin

Constructor Detail

MetadataValueAdapter

protected MetadataValueAdapter(Plugin owningPlugin)

Method Detail

getOwningPlugin

public Plugin getOwningPlugin()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Returns the Plugin that created this metadata item.

Specified by:

getOwningPlugin in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the plugin that owns this metadata value. This should never be null.

asInt

public int asInt()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into an int.

Specified by:

asInt in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the value as an int.

asFloat

public float asFloat()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a float.

Specified by:

asFloat in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the value as a float.

asDouble

public double asDouble()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a double.

Specified by:

asDouble in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the value as a double.

asLong

public long asLong()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a long.

Specified by:

asLong in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the value as a long.

asShort

public short asShort()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a short.

Specified by:

asShort in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the value as a short.

asByte

public byte asByte()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a byte.

Specified by:

asByte in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the value as a byte.

asBoolean

public boolean asBoolean()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a boolean.

Specified by:

asBoolean in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the value as a boolean.

asString

public java.lang.String asString()

Description copied from interface: MetadataValue

Attempts to convert the value of this metadata item into a string.

Specified by:

asString in interface MetadataValue

Returns:

the value as a string.