com.sas.util
Class ArrayAccess

com.sas.util.ArrayAccess

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.sas.PublicClonable, com.sas.util.Countable, IndexedGetInterface, IndexedSetInterface, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class ArrayAccess
implements IndexedSetInterface, java.io.Serializable, com.sas.PublicClonable

A wrapper for an Object[] array so that it may be sorted with the static sort methods in Sort

See Also:

VectorAccess, Sort, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ArrayAccess(java.lang.Object[] array)
Construct an ArrayAccess object which wraps an Object array.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Clone the object.
int	count() Returns the number of items in the array
java.lang.Object	get(int index) Get a value via an integer index.
void	set(int index, java.lang.Object object) Set a value via an integer index.

Constructor Detail

ArrayAccess

public ArrayAccess(java.lang.Object[] array)

Construct an ArrayAccess object which wraps an Object array.

Parameters:

array - an object array.

Method Detail

get

public java.lang.Object get(int index)

Get a value via an integer index. This is like an array reference.

Specified by:

get in interface IndexedGetInterface

Parameters:

index - the index of the item to fetch.

Returns:

Object the object associated with the index.

Throws:

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - The implementor of this interface may throw this RuntimeException if the index is not valid.

set

public void set(int index,
                java.lang.Object object)

Set a value via an integer index. This is like an array element assignment.

Specified by:

set in interface IndexedSetInterface

Parameters:

index - the index of the item to store

Object - the object to store or associate with the index.

Throws:

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - The implementor of this interface may throw this RuntimeException if the index is not valid.

count

public int count()

Returns the number of items in the array

Specified by:

count in interface com.sas.util.Countable

Returns:

the number of items in the array

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Clone the object. This does not clone the array.

Specified by:

clone in interface com.sas.PublicClonable

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - if the clone fails.