org.ka2ddo.ax25

Class XIDParameter

java.lang.Object

org.ka2ddo.ax25.XIDParameter

public class XIDParameter
extends java.lang.Object

This class encapsulates one XID parameter. The caller is responsible for putting the XIDParameter object into an appropriately typed XIDGroup object.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static byte[]	EMPTY_VALUE
byte	paramIdentifier
byte[]	paramValue

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XIDParameter(byte paramIdentifier) Create an XIDParameter with an empty value (presence implies the value).
XIDParameter(byte paramIdentifier, byte val) Create an XIDParameter with a 1-byte value.
XIDParameter(byte paramIdentifier, int val, boolean is3Byte) Create an XIDParameter with a 3- or 4-byte value.
XIDParameter(byte paramIdentifier, short val) Create an XIDParameter with a 2-byte value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte	getParamLength() Get the length of the parameter's value.
static XIDParameter	read(java.io.DataInput dis) Read an XIDParameter from a byte stream.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the XIDParameter object.
void	write(java.io.DataOutput dos) Write the XIDParameter to a byte stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_VALUE

public static final byte[] EMPTY_VALUE

paramIdentifier

public byte paramIdentifier

paramValue

public byte[] paramValue

Constructor Detail

XIDParameter

public XIDParameter(byte paramIdentifier)

Create an XIDParameter with an empty value (presence implies the value).

Parameters:

paramIdentifier - identifier code

XIDParameter

public XIDParameter(byte paramIdentifier,
                    byte val)

Create an XIDParameter with a 1-byte value.

Parameters:

paramIdentifier - identifier code

val - value of parameter

XIDParameter

public XIDParameter(byte paramIdentifier,
                    short val)

Create an XIDParameter with a 2-byte value.

Parameters:

paramIdentifier - identifier code

val - value of parameter

XIDParameter

public XIDParameter(byte paramIdentifier,
                    int val,
                    boolean is3Byte)

Create an XIDParameter with a 3- or 4-byte value.

Parameters:

paramIdentifier - identifier code

val - value of parameter

is3Byte - boolean true if value only requires 24 bits to encode

Method Detail

getParamLength

public byte getParamLength()

Get the length of the parameter's value.

Returns:

length of value in octets (bytes)

write

public void write(java.io.DataOutput dos)
           throws java.io.IOException

Write the XIDParameter to a byte stream.

Parameters:

dos - DataOutput to write the value to

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if write fails for any reason

read

public static XIDParameter read(java.io.DataInput dis)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Read an XIDParameter from a byte stream.

Parameters:

dis - DataInput to read the parameter from

Returns:

decoded XIDParameter element

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if read fails for any reason

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the XIDParameter object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of the object.