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Class PREDATOR.ADT.ADTMetaInfo 

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class ADTMetaInfo
extends Object
This class represents meta-information which may be maintained for all the objects of a certain attribute. Frequently meta-info includes data which specialize the objects in some way; for instance, selecting some audio objects from a table might produce an attribute with meta- info describing the format of the audio objects (e.g., .au format). This information is provided to all objects in all operations so their behavior can be specialized when appropriate. For a more detailed discussion of meta-information, refer to the PREDATOR documentation.

See Also:
newMetaInfo, getMetaInfo

Variable Index

o bytes
The binary format of this object.

Constructor Index

o ADTMetaInfo()

Method Index

o getBytes()
Gets the binary form of this object.
o setBytes(byte[])
Every data object is stored as a contiguous sequence of bytes at the server.
o toString()
Provides a textual version of this object suitable for user-display.

Variables

o bytes 
 protected byte bytes[]
The binary format of this object.

Constructors

o ADTMetaInfo 
 public ADTMetaInfo()

Methods

o setBytes 
 public void setBytes(byte bytes[])
Every data object is stored as a contiguous sequence of bytes at the server. This function assigns those bytes to the object.

Parameters:
bytes - The binary form of this object.
o getBytes 
 public byte[] getBytes()
Gets the binary form of this object.

o toString 
 public abstract String toString()
Provides a textual version of this object suitable for user-display.

Returns:
A textual version of this object
Overrides:
toString in class Object 
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