gate.creole.morph
Class Storage

java.lang.Object
  gate.creole.morph.Storage

public class Storage
extends Object

Title: Storage.java

Description: This class is used as the storage in the system, where all the declared variables and their appropriate values are stored

Constructor Summary

Storage()
Constructor

Method Summary

boolean	add(String varName, String varValue) Adds the variable name and its value into the hashTable
String	get(String varName) This method looks into the hashtable and searches for the value of the given variable
String[]	getVarNames() This method returns names of all the variables available in the hashtable
boolean	isExist(String varName) This method checks for the existance of the variable into the hashtable
void	update(String varName, String varValue) Update the variable with the new value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Storage

public Storage()

Constructor

Method Detail

add

public boolean add(String varName,
                   String varValue)

Adds the variable name and its value into the hashTable

Parameters:

varName - name of the variable

varValue - value for the variable

Returns:

true if variable doesnot exist, false otherwise

get

public String get(String varName)

This method looks into the hashtable and searches for the value of the given variable

Parameters:

varName -

Returns:

value of the variable if variable found in the table,null otherwise

isExist

public boolean isExist(String varName)

This method checks for the existance of the variable into the hashtable

Parameters:

varName -

Returns:

true if variable exists, false otherwise

update

public void update(String varName,
                   String varValue)

Update the variable with the new value. If variable doesnot exist, add it to the hashtable

Parameters:

varName - name of the variable to be updated, or added

varValue - value of the variable

getVarNames

public String[] getVarNames()

This method returns names of all the variables available in the hashtable

Returns:

array of Strings - names of the variables