net.sandius.rembulan

Class PlainValueTypeNamer

java.lang.Object

net.sandius.rembulan.PlainValueTypeNamer

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValueTypeNamer

public class PlainValueTypeNamer
extends Object
implements ValueTypeNamer

A value type namer that uses a fixed mapping from types to type names.

This is a wrapper of the static method luaTypeToName(LuaType).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static PlainValueTypeNamer	INSTANCE A static instance of this value type namer.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PlainValueTypeNamer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ByteString	luaTypeToName(LuaType type) Returns the name (a string) of a given Lua type.
ByteString	typeNameOf(Object instance) Returns the type name (a byte string) of the value instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final PlainValueTypeNamer INSTANCE

A static instance of this value type namer.

Constructor Detail

PlainValueTypeNamer

public PlainValueTypeNamer()

Method Detail

luaTypeToName

public static ByteString luaTypeToName(LuaType type)

Returns the name (a string) of a given Lua type.

The result of this method is one of "nil", "boolean", "number", "string", "table", "function", "userdata" and "thread".

Parameters:

type - the type, must not be null

Returns:

the name of type

Throws:

NullPointerException - if type is null

typeNameOf

public ByteString typeNameOf(Object instance)

Description copied from interface: ValueTypeNamer

Returns the type name (a byte string) of the value instance.

Specified by:

typeNameOf in interface ValueTypeNamer

Parameters:

instance - the object in question, may be null

Returns:

the type name of instance