edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.networktables2.type
Class NetworkTableEntryType

java.lang.Object
  edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.networktables2.type.NetworkTableEntryType

Direct Known Subclasses:

ComplexEntryType

public abstract class NetworkTableEntryType
extends Object

A class defining the types supported by NetworkTables as well as support for serialization of those types to and from DataStreams

Author:

mwills

Field Summary

byte	id the id of a type
String	name the name of a type

Constructor Summary

protected

NetworkTableEntryType(byte id, String name)

Method Summary

abstract Object	readValue(DataInputStream is) read a value from a data input stream
abstract void	sendValue(Object value, DataOutputStream os) send a value over a data output stream
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

id

public final byte id

the id of a type

name

public final String name

the name of a type

Constructor Detail

NetworkTableEntryType

protected NetworkTableEntryType(byte id,
                                String name)

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

sendValue

public abstract void sendValue(Object value,
                               DataOutputStream os)
                        throws IOException

send a value over a data output stream

Parameters:

value - the value to send

os - the stream to send the value over

Throws:

IOException - an error occurred writing the value

readValue

public abstract Object readValue(DataInputStream is)
                          throws IOException

read a value from a data input stream

Parameters:

is - the stream to read a value from

Returns:

the value read from the stream

Throws:

IOException - an error occurred reading the value