Package org.web3d.x3d.jsail.fields

Class MFStringObject

java.lang.Object
org.web3d.x3d.jsail.fields.X3DConcreteField
org.web3d.x3d.jsail.fields.MFStringObject
All Implemented Interfaces:
MField, MFString, X3DField
public class MFStringObject
extends X3DConcreteField
implements MFString
This utility class provides a concrete implementation corresponding to MFString X3D field type.


Package hint: This specification class is defined by the X3D Java Language Binding Specification for the Scene Authoring Interface (SAI). MFString is an array of SFString values, each "quoted" and separated by whitespace. Individual SFString array values are optionally separated by commas in XML syntax.

Related field object: SFStringObject
See Also:
X3D Tooltips: type MFString, SAI Java Specification: B.4.11 X3DFieldTypes, SAI Abstract Specification: 5.2.15 SAIFieldType, X3D Abstract Specification: SFStringAndMFString, X3D Tooltips, X3D Tooltips: field, X3D Tooltips: fieldValue, X3D Scene Authoring Hints

  • Field Summary

    Fields 
    Modifier and Type Field Description
    static java.lang.String[] DEFAULT_VALUE
    Default value for this field type is an empty array.
    static java.lang.String DEFAULT_VALUE_STRING
    Default string value for this field type is "".
    static java.lang.String NAME
    String constant NAME provides name of this element: MFString
    static java.util.regex.Pattern PATTERN
    Precompiled regular expression (regex) pattern for this field type using default REGEX value.
    static java.lang.String REGEX
    Default regular expression (regex) pattern for this field type is (\s|\S)*
    static int TUPLE_SIZE
    Default tuple size for this field type is 1 (i.e. number of component values making up a single-field SF object).

    Fields inherited from class org.web3d.x3d.jsail.fields.X3DConcreteField

    validationResult

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors 
    Constructor Description
    MFStringObject()
    Constructor for MFStringObject performs value initialization.
    MFStringObject​(java.lang.String newValue)
    Constructor to parse String as new initial value.
    MFStringObject​(java.lang.String[] newValue)
    Constructor for MFStringObject using a corresponding Java primitive String[] array as new initial value.
    MFStringObject​(MFStringObject newValue)
    Constructor to copy an MFStringObject value as initial value for this new field object.
    MFStringObject​(SFStringObject newValue)
    Utility constructor for MFStringObject to assign a single SFStringObject as new initial value.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    void append​(java.lang.String newValue)
    Places new value(s) at the end of the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly.
    void append​(java.lang.String[] newValue)
    Appends another array at the end of the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly.
    MFStringObject append​(MFStringObject newValue)
    Appends a new MFStringObject to the end of the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly.
    MFStringObject append​(SFStringObject newValue)
    Appends a new singleton typed value at the end of the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly.
    static java.lang.String cleanupEnumerationValue​(java.lang.String value)
    Utility method for single enumeration value to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets to create an unadorned enumeration String.
    MFStringObject cleanupEnumerationValues()
    Modify current object values to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets.
    static java.lang.String[] cleanupEnumerationValues​(java.lang.String values)
    Utility method for a single String containing multiple enumeration values to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets to create unadorned MFString elements as a String[] array.
    static java.lang.String[] cleanupEnumerationValues​(java.lang.String[] values)
    Utility method for multiple enumeration values to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets in a String[] array.
    static java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> cleanupEnumerationValues​(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> values)
    Utility method for multiple enumeration values to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets from a ArrayList of values.
    MFStringObject cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes()
    Modify current object values to trim enclosing quotes and outer whitespace.
    static java.lang.String cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes​(java.lang.String singleValue)
    Utility method to trim enclosing quotes and outer whitespace from an arbitrary String value, without removing escaped quotation marks (\").
    static java.lang.String[] cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes​(java.lang.String[] values)
    Utility method to trim enclosing quotes and outer whitespace from elements in an arbitrary String[] array.
    static java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes​(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> values)
    Utility method to trim enclosing quotes and outer whitespace from elements in an ArrayList of arbitrary String values.
    void clear()
    Removes all values in the field array, changing the array size to zero.
    boolean equals​(MFStringObject comparisonMFStringObject)
    Determine whether two objects contain equal values.
    java.lang.String get1Value​(int index)
    Get an individual value from the existing field array.
    java.lang.String[] getPrimitiveValue()
    Provides current value of the field as a Java primitive type.
    void getValue​(java.lang.String[] valueDestination)
    Get the current value of this MFStringObject by copying it into the valueDestination array, leaving the current object unchanged.
    void initialize()
    Initialization for MFStringObject applies default initial value.
    void insertValue​(int index, java.lang.String newValue)
    Insert a new value prior to the index location in the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly.
    static boolean isArray()
    Whether or not this field type is an array (true)
    boolean isDefaultValue()
    Determine whether current value matches DEFAULT_VALUE
    boolean matches()
    Test PATTERN match via regular expression (regex) check of current object's toString() value.
    static boolean matches​(java.lang.String value)
    Test PATTERN match with regular expression (regex) of provided value.
    void remove​(int index)
    Remove one SFString element of the field array at index position, if found.
    void set1Value​(int index, java.lang.String newValue)
    Replace a single value at the appropriate location in the existing value array.
    void setValue​(int size, java.lang.String[] newValue)
    Assign an array subset to this field.
    void setValue​(java.lang.String[] newValue)
    Assign a new String[] value to this field.
    MFStringObject setValue​(MFStringObject newValue)
    Apply an MFStringObject value to this field.
    MFStringObject setValue​(SFStringObject newValue)
    Assign a single-field SFStringObject as new array value.
    MFStringObject setValueByString​(java.lang.String newValue)
    Utility accessor for MFStringObject using String value
    int size()
    Get the size of the underlying data array, meaning the number of simple SFString elements for the given data type.
    java.lang.String toString()
    Provides current value as a String.
    static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.String[] value)
    Static utility method to provide String representation of a correctly typed input value.
    java.lang.String toStringX3D()
    Provide String representation of this object, properly escaped for XML-based X3D syntax and conforming to X3D Canonical Form.
    java.lang.String validate()
    Validate current value via regular expression (regex) check of current object's toString() value, reporting errors only if found.
    java.lang.String validateRegex()
    Validate current value via regular expression (regex) check of current object's toString() value, reporting errors only if found.

    Methods inherited from class org.web3d.x3d.jsail.fields.X3DConcreteField

    addX3DEventListener, getDefinition, getTupleSize, getValidationResult, isReadable, isWritable, removeX3DEventListener, setReadable, setWritable

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    Methods inherited from interface org.web3d.x3d.sai.X3DField

    addX3DEventListener, getDefinition, isReadable, isWritable, removeX3DEventListener

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • MFStringObject

      public MFStringObject()
      Constructor for MFStringObject performs value initialization.

    • MFStringObject

      public MFStringObject​(MFStringObject newValue)
      Constructor to copy an MFStringObject value as initial value for this new field object.
      Parameters:
      newValue - The newValue to apply

    • MFStringObject

      public MFStringObject​(java.lang.String[] newValue)
      Constructor for MFStringObject using a corresponding Java primitive String[] array as new initial value.
      Parameters:
      newValue - is new value to assign setContainerFieldOverride(containerFieldName); // apply checksConcreteField#getTupleSize(String)

    • MFStringObject

      public MFStringObject​(java.lang.String newValue)
      Constructor to parse String as new initial value.
      Parameters:
      newValue - is new value to assign

    • MFStringObject

      public MFStringObject​(SFStringObject newValue)
      Utility constructor for MFStringObject to assign a single SFStringObject as new initial value.
      Parameters:
      newValue - is new value to assign

  • Method Details

    • isArray

      public static final boolean isArray()
      Whether or not this field type is an array (true)
      Returns:
      true if array type

    • initialize

      public final void initialize()
      Initialization for MFStringObject applies default initial value. Static initializer also provided to verify that the regex pattern compiles and matches that default value.
      Specified by:
      initialize in class X3DConcreteField
      See Also:
      Stack Overflow: How to check if a given Regex is valid?, DEFAULT_VALUE

    • cleanupEnumerationValues

      public MFStringObject cleanupEnumerationValues()
      Modify current object values to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets.
      Returns:
      MFStringObject - namely this same object to allow sequential method pipelining (i.e. consecutive method invocations on the same node object).
      See Also:
      cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes()

    • cleanupEnumerationValue

      public static java.lang.String cleanupEnumerationValue​(java.lang.String value)
      Utility method for single enumeration value to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets to create an unadorned enumeration String.
      Parameters:
      value - single enumeration string intended for use as an SFString or MFString value
      Returns:
      unquoted string values containing no whitespace as MFString list
      See Also:
      cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes(String)

    • cleanupEnumerationValues

      public static java.lang.String[] cleanupEnumerationValues​(java.lang.String values)
      Utility method for a single String containing multiple enumeration values to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets to create unadorned MFString elements as a String[] array.
      Parameters:
      values - zero or more enumeration values intended for use as an MFString list
      Returns:
      unquoted string values containing no whitespace as MFString list
      See Also:
      cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes(String)

    • cleanupEnumerationValues

      public static java.lang.String[] cleanupEnumerationValues​(java.lang.String[] values)
      Utility method for multiple enumeration values to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets in a String[] array.
      Parameters:
      values - zero or more enumeration values intended for use as an MFString list
      Returns:
      unquoted string values containing no whitespace as String[] array
      See Also:
      cleanupEnumerationValue(String), cleanupEnumerationValues(String), cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes(String)

    • cleanupEnumerationValues

      public static java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> cleanupEnumerationValues​(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> values)
      Utility method for multiple enumeration values to ignore all whitespace, remove all embedded quotes, remove all commas, and remove all square brackets from a ArrayList of values.
      Parameters:
      values - zero or more enumeration values intended for use as an MFString list
      Returns:
      unquoted string values containing no whitespace as MFString list
      See Also:
      cleanupEnumerationValue(String), cleanupEnumerationValues(String), cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes(String)

    • cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes

      public MFStringObject cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes()
      Modify current object values to trim enclosing quotes and outer whitespace.
      Returns:
      MFStringObject - namely this same object to allow sequential method pipelining (i.e. consecutive method invocations on the same node object).
      See Also:
      cleanupEnumerationValues()

    • cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes

      public static java.lang.String cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes​(java.lang.String singleValue)
      Utility method to trim enclosing quotes and outer whitespace from an arbitrary String value, without removing escaped quotation marks (\").

      Warning: do not use this method on a String that contains multiple quoted values, use cleanupEnumerationValues() instead.
      Parameters:
      singleValue - input String for use with MFString list, which must be unquoted
      Returns:
      unquoted String value
      See Also:
      cleanupEnumerationValue(String)

    • cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes

      public static java.lang.String[] cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes​(java.lang.String[] values)
      Utility method to trim enclosing quotes and outer whitespace from elements in an arbitrary String[] array.
      Parameters:
      values - String[] array for use with MFString list, which must be unquoted
      Returns:
      unquoted String[] array
      See Also:
      cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes(String), cleanupEnumerationValue(String), cleanupEnumerationValues(String)

    • cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes

      public static java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes​(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> values)
      Utility method to trim enclosing quotes and outer whitespace from elements in an ArrayList of arbitrary String values.
      Parameters:
      values - existing ArrayList of String values for use with MFString list, which must be unquoted
      Returns:
      unquoted String[] array
      See Also:
      cleanupUnescapedEnclosingQuotes(String), cleanupEnumerationValue(String), cleanupEnumerationValues(String)

    • equals

      public boolean equals​(MFStringObject comparisonMFStringObject)
      Determine whether two objects contain equal values.
      Parameters:
      comparisonMFStringObject - field type to compare
      Returns:
      true if equivalent, false otherwise

    • validate

      public final java.lang.String validate()
      Validate current value via regular expression (regex) check of current object's toString() value, reporting errors only if found.
      Returns:
      empty string if PATTERN matches, warning otherwise
      See Also:
      java.util.regex.Pattern, validate(), validateRegex()

    • validateRegex

      public final java.lang.String validateRegex()
      Validate current value via regular expression (regex) check of current object's toString() value, reporting errors only if found.
      Returns:
      empty string if PATTERN matches, warning otherwise
      See Also:
      REGEX, PATTERN, matches(), matches(String), validate(), validate(), java.util.regex.Pattern

    • matches

      public final boolean matches()
      Test PATTERN match via regular expression (regex) check of current object's toString() value.
      Returns:
      true if PATTERN matches, false otherwise
      See Also:
      REGEX, PATTERN, matches(), matches(String), validate(), java.util.regex.Pattern

    • matches

      public static final boolean matches​(java.lang.String value)
      Test PATTERN match with regular expression (regex) of provided value.
      Parameters:
      value - String to check against regex pattern for successful match
      Returns:
      true if PATTERN matches, false otherwise
      See Also:
      REGEX, PATTERN, matches(), matches(String), validate(), java.util.regex.Pattern

    • setValueByString

      public MFStringObject setValueByString​(java.lang.String newValue) throws InvalidFieldValueException
      Utility accessor for MFStringObject using String value
      Parameters:
      newValue - is new value to assign
      Returns:
      MFMatrix4dObject - namely this same object to allow sequential method pipelining (i.e. consecutive method invocations on the same node object).
      Throws:
      InvalidFieldValueException

    • toString

      public static java.lang.String toString​(java.lang.String[] value)
      Static utility method to provide String representation of a correctly typed input value.
      Parameters:
      value - The value to convert to a String
      Returns:
      XML/X3D-escaped String version of the provided value
      See Also:
      X3D Tooltips: type, SFStringObject.toStringX3D(java.lang.String), toStringX3D(), X3D Abstract Specification: 5.3.14 SFString and MFString, X3D XML Encoding: 5.15 SFString and MFString, X3D Tooltips: Text, X3D Tooltips: type

    • toStringX3D

      public java.lang.String toStringX3D()
      Provide String representation of this object, properly escaped for XML-based X3D syntax and conforming to X3D Canonical Form.
      Returns:
      XML/X3D-escaped String version of this object
      See Also:
      SFStringObject.toStringX3D(java.lang.String), SFStringObject.toStringX3D(String), X3DObject.FILE_EXTENSION_X3D, X3DObject.FILE_EXTENSION_XML, X3D Tooltips: type MFString, X3D XML Encoding, X3D Compressed Binary Encoding: X3D Canonical Form, X3D Canonicalization (C14N) Tool

    • getValue

      public void getValue​(java.lang.String[] valueDestination)
      Get the current value of this MFStringObject by copying it into the valueDestination array, leaving the current object unchanged.
      Specified by:
      getValue in interface MFString
      Parameters:
      valueDestination - The array to be filled in with current field values.

    • getPrimitiveValue

      public java.lang.String[] getPrimitiveValue()
      Provides current value of the field as a Java primitive type.
      Returns:
      current value

    • toString

      public java.lang.String toString()
      Provides current value as a String.
      Overrides:
      toString in class java.lang.Object
      Returns:
      String version of the provided value
      See Also:
      X3D Tooltips: type MFString

    • get1Value

      public java.lang.String get1Value​(int index)

      Get an individual value from the existing field array.

      If the index is outside the bounds of the current array of data values, an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException is thrown.

      Specified by:
      get1Value in interface MFString
      Parameters:
      index - is position of selected value in current array
      Returns:
      The selected value
      Throws:
      java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - The index was outside of the bounds of the current array.

    • setValue

      public void setValue​(int size, java.lang.String[] newValue)
      Assign an array subset to this field.
      Specified by:
      setValue in interface MFString
      Parameters:
      size - indicates size of result to copy (i.e. the number of typed singleton values) from beginning of newValue array.
      newValue - The replacement value array to (potentially) slice and then assign.
      See Also:
      X3DConcreteField.getTupleSize(String)

    • setValue

      public void setValue​(java.lang.String[] newValue)
      Assign a new String[] value to this field.
      Parameters:
      newValue - is replacement value array to assign
      See Also:
      X3DConcreteField.getTupleSize(String)

    • setValue

      public MFStringObject setValue​(SFStringObject newValue)
      Assign a single-field SFStringObject as new array value.
      Parameters:
      newValue - The replacement value to assign.
      Returns:
      MFStringObject - namely this same object to allow sequential method pipelining (i.e. consecutive method invocations on the same node object).

    • set1Value

      public void set1Value​(int index, java.lang.String newValue) throws java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
      Replace a single value at the appropriate location in the existing value array. Size of the current underlying value array does not change.
      Specified by:
      set1Value in interface MFString
      Parameters:
      index - is position of selected value in current array
      newValue - provides new value to apply
      Throws:
      java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
      See Also:
      X3DConcreteField.getTupleSize(String)

    • append

      public void append​(java.lang.String newValue)
      Places new value(s) at the end of the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly.
      Specified by:
      append in interface MFString
      Parameters:
      newValue - The newValue to append
      See Also:
      X3DConcreteField.getTupleSize(String)

    • append

      public void append​(java.lang.String[] newValue)
      Appends another array at the end of the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly. Warning: newValue array length must correspond to tuple size for base type MFVec4f tuple size of 4.
      Parameters:
      newValue - The newValue to append
      See Also:
      X3DConcreteField.getTupleSize(String)

    • append

      public MFStringObject append​(SFStringObject newValue)
      Appends a new singleton typed value at the end of the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly. Note: this method can be useful for incrementally constructing arrays.
      Parameters:
      newValue - The newValue to append
      Returns:
      MFStringObject - namely this same object to allow sequential method pipelining (i.e. consecutive method invocations on the same object).

    • append

      public MFStringObject append​(MFStringObject newValue)
      Appends a new MFStringObject to the end of the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly. Note: this method can be useful for constructing long arrays.
      Parameters:
      newValue - The newValue to append
      Returns:
      MFStringObject - namely this same object to allow sequential method pipelining (i.e. consecutive method invocations on the same object).
      See Also:
      X3DConcreteField.getTupleSize(String)

    • insertValue

      public void insertValue​(int index, java.lang.String newValue)
      Insert a new value prior to the index location in the existing value array, increasing the field length accordingly.
      Specified by:
      insertValue in interface MFString
      Parameters:
      index - The position for the inserted value in the current array
      newValue - The newValue to insert
      See Also:
      X3DConcreteField.getTupleSize(String)

    • size

      public int size()
      Get the size of the underlying data array, meaning the number of simple SFString elements for the given data type.
      Specified by:
      size in interface MField
      Returns:
      The number of SFString elements in this field array.

    • clear

      public void clear()
      Removes all values in the field array, changing the array size to zero.
      Specified by:
      clear in interface MField

    • remove

      public void remove​(int index)
      Remove one SFString element of the field array at index position, if found. Initial element is at index 0.
      Specified by:
      remove in interface MField
      Parameters:
      index - position of element in field array that gets removed

    • setValue

      public MFStringObject setValue​(MFStringObject newValue)
      Apply an MFStringObject value to this field.
      Parameters:
      newValue - The newValue to apply
      Returns:
      MFStringObject - namely this same object to allow sequential method pipelining (i.e. consecutive method invocations on the same object).

    • isDefaultValue

      public boolean isDefaultValue()
      Determine whether current value matches DEFAULT_VALUE
      Returns:
      whether current value matches DEFAULT_VALUE
      See Also:
      DEFAULT_VALUE