Interface DataType
- All Known Subinterfaces:
Array
,ArrayStringable
,BuiltInDataType
,Composite
,CompositeInternal
,DataTypeWithCharset
,Dynamic
,Enum
,FactoryDataType
,FunctionDefinition
,Pointer
,Structure
,StructureInternal
,TypeDef
,Union
,UnionInternal
- All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractComplexDataType
,AbstractDataType
,AbstractFloatDataType
,AbstractIntegerDataType
,AbstractLeb128DataType
,AbstractPointerTypedefBuiltIn
,AbstractSignedIntegerDataType
,AbstractStringDataType
,AbstractUnsignedIntegerDataType
,AIFFDataType
,AlignmentDataType
,AndroidElfRelocationTableDataType
,ArrayDataType
,AUDataType
,BadDataType
,BitFieldDataType
,BitmapResourceDataType
,BooleanDataType
,BuiltIn
,ByteDataType
,CharDataType
,CliAbstractSig.CliTypeCodeDataType
,CliBlobMarshalSpec.CliNativeTypeDataType
,CliBlobMarshalSpec.CliSafeArrayElemTypeDataType
,CliFlags.CliEnumAssemblyFlags
,CliFlags.CliEnumAssemblyHashAlgorithm
,CliFlags.CliEnumEventAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumFieldAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumFileAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumGenericParamAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumManifestResourceAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumMethodAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumMethodImplAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumMethodSemanticsAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumParamAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumPInvokeAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumPropertyAttributes
,CliFlags.CliEnumTypeAttributes
,Complex16DataType
,Complex32DataType
,Complex8DataType
,CompositeDataTypeImpl
,CountedDynamicDataType
,DataTypeImpl
,DefaultDataType
,DialogResourceDataType
,DoubleComplexDataType
,DoubleDataType
,DwarfEncodingModeDataType
,DWordDataType
,DynamicDataType
,ElfDataType
,EnumDataType
,FactoryStructureDataType
,FileTimeDataType
,Float10DataType
,Float16DataType
,Float2DataType
,Float4DataType
,Float8DataType
,FloatComplexDataType
,FloatDataType
,FunctionDefinitionDataType
,FunctionSignatureImpl
,GenericDataType
,GifDataType
,GroupIconResourceDataType
,GuidDataType
,HTMLResourceDataType
,IBO32DataType
,IBO64DataType
,IconMaskResourceDataType
,IconResourceDataType
,ImageCor20Header.ImageCor20Flags
,IndexedDynamicDataType
,Integer16DataType
,Integer3DataType
,Integer5DataType
,Integer6DataType
,Integer7DataType
,IntegerDataType
,JPEGDataType
,LongDataType
,LongDoubleComplexDataType
,LongDoubleDataType
,LongLongDataType
,MacintoshTimeStampDataType
,MenuResourceDataType
,MIDIDataType
,MissingBuiltInDataType
,MUIResourceDataType
,PartialUnion
,PascalString255DataType
,PascalStringDataType
,PascalUnicodeDataType
,PcRelative31AddressDataType
,PeDataType
,PERichTableDataType
,PEx64UnwindInfoDataType
,PngDataType
,Pointer16DataType
,Pointer24DataType
,Pointer32DataType
,Pointer40DataType
,Pointer48DataType
,Pointer56DataType
,Pointer64DataType
,Pointer8DataType
,PointerDataType
,PointerTypedef
,QWordDataType
,RepeatCountDataType
,RepeatedDynamicDataType
,RepeatedStringDataType
,RTTI0DataType
,RTTI1DataType
,RTTI2DataType
,RTTI3DataType
,RTTI4DataType
,RTTIDataType
,SegmentedCodePointerDataType
,ShiftedAddressDataType
,ShortDataType
,SignedByteDataType
,SignedCharDataType
,SignedDWordDataType
,SignedLeb128DataType
,SignedQWordDataType
,SignedWordDataType
,StringDataType
,StringUTF8DataType
,StructureDataType
,StructuredDynamicDataType
,TerminatedStringDataType
,TerminatedUnicode32DataType
,TerminatedUnicodeDataType
,TypedefDataType
,Undefined
,Undefined1DataType
,Undefined2DataType
,Undefined3DataType
,Undefined4DataType
,Undefined5DataType
,Undefined6DataType
,Undefined7DataType
,Undefined8DataType
,Unicode32DataType
,UnicodeDataType
,UnionDataType
,UnsignedCharDataType
,UnsignedInteger16DataType
,UnsignedInteger3DataType
,UnsignedInteger5DataType
,UnsignedInteger6DataType
,UnsignedInteger7DataType
,UnsignedIntegerDataType
,UnsignedLeb128DataType
,UnsignedLongDataType
,UnsignedLongLongDataType
,UnsignedShortDataType
,VoidDataType
,WAVEDataType
,WEVTResourceDataType
,WideChar16DataType
,WideChar32DataType
,WideCharDataType
,WordDataType
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Field Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
Inform this data type that it has the given parent
TODO: This method is reserved for internal DB use.clone
(DataTypeManager dtm) Returns an instance of this DataType using the specifiedDataTypeManager
to allow its use of the correspondingDataOrganization
while retaining its unique identity (seegetUniversalID()
and archive association (seegetSourceArchive()
) if applicable.copy
(DataTypeManager dtm) Returns a new instance (shallow copy) of this DataType with a new identity and no source archive association.void
Notification that the given datatype's alignment has changed.void
Informs this datatype that the given datatype has been deleted.void
dataTypeNameChanged
(DataType dt, String oldName) Informs this datatype that its name has changed from the indicated old name.void
dataTypeReplaced
(DataType oldDt, DataType newDt) Informs this datatype that the given oldDT has been replaced with newDTvoid
Notification that the given datatype's size has changed.boolean
Check if this datatype depends on the existence of the given datatype.byte[]
encodeRepresentation
(String repr, MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int length) Encode bytes according to the display format for this type.byte[]
encodeValue
(Object value, MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int length) Encode bytes from an Object appropriate for this DataType.int
Get the aligned-length of this datatype as a number of 8-bit bytes.int
Gets the alignment to be used when aligning this datatype within another datatype.Gets the categoryPath associated with this datatypeReturns the DataOrganization associated with this data-typeGet the DataTypeManager containing this datatype.Returns the dataTypePath for this datatype;Returns the prefix to use for this datatype when an abbreviated prefix is desired.Returns the appropriate string to use as the default label prefix in the absence of any data.getDefaultLabelPrefix
(MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int len, DataTypeDisplayOptions options) Returns the appropriate string to use as the default label prefix.getDefaultOffcutLabelPrefix
(MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int len, DataTypeDisplayOptions options, int offcutOffset) Returns the appropriate string to use as the default label prefix.Gets the settings for this data type.Get a String briefly describing this DataType.Gets the name for referring to this datatype.getDocs()
The getDocs method should provide a URL pointing to extended documentation for this DataType if it exists.long
Get the timestamp corresponding to the last time this type was changed within its datatype managerlong
Get the timestamp corresponding to the last time this type was sync'd within its source archiveint
Get the length of this DataType as a number of 8-bit bytes.getMnemonic
(Settings settings) Get the mnemonic for this DataType.getName()
Get the name of this datatype.Get the parents of this datatype.Get the full category path name that includes this datatype's name.getRepresentation
(MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int length) Get bytes from memory in a printable format for this type.Get the list of settings definitions available for use with this datatype.Get the source archive where this type originatedGet the list of all settings definitions for this datatype that may be used for an associatedTypeDef
.Get the universal ID for this datatype.Returns the interpreted data value as an instance of theadvertised value class
.Class
<?> getValueClass
(Settings settings) Get the Class of the value Object to be returned by this datatype (seegetValue(MemBuffer, Settings, int)
).boolean
Indicates if the length of this data-type is determined based upon theDataOrganization
obtained from the associatedDataTypeManager
.boolean
Returns true if this datatype has been deleted and is no longer validboolean
Check if this type supports encoding (patching)boolean
isEquivalent
(DataType dt) Check if the given datatype is equivalent to this datatype.boolean
Indicates if this datatype has not yet been fully defined.boolean
Indicates this datatype is defined with a zero length.void
removeParent
(DataType dt) Remove a parent datatypevoid
replaceWith
(DataType dataType) For datatypes that support change, this method replaces the internals of this datatype with the internals of the given datatype.void
setCategoryPath
(CategoryPath path) Set the categoryPath associated with this datatypevoid
setDescription
(String description) Sets a String briefly describing this DataType.void
setLastChangeTime
(long lastChangeTime) Sets the lastChangeTime for this datatype.void
setLastChangeTimeInSourceArchive
(long lastChangeTimeInSourceArchive) Sets the lastChangeTimeInSourceArchive for this datatype.void
Sets the name of the datatypevoid
setNameAndCategory
(CategoryPath path, String name) Sets the name and category of a datatype at the same time.void
setSourceArchive
(SourceArchive archive) Set the source archive where this type originated
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Field Details
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DEFAULT
Singleton instance of default datatype. -
VOID
Deprecated.should useVoidDataType.dataType
insteadInstance of void datatype (never use==
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CONFLICT_SUFFIX
Datatype name conflict suffix. SeeDataTypeUtilities
for various methods related to conflict name handling. Direct use of this string in application/user-level code is discouraged.- See Also:
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TYPEDEF_ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX
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TYPEDEF_ATTRIBUTE_SUFFIX
- See Also:
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NO_SOURCE_SYNC_TIME
static final long NO_SOURCE_SYNC_TIME- See Also:
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NO_LAST_CHANGE_TIME
static final long NO_LAST_CHANGE_TIME- See Also:
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Method Details
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hasLanguageDependantLength
boolean hasLanguageDependantLength()Indicates if the length of this data-type is determined based upon theDataOrganization
obtained from the associatedDataTypeManager
.- Returns:
- true length is language/compiler-specification dependent, else false
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getSettingsDefinitions
SettingsDefinition[] getSettingsDefinitions()Get the list of settings definitions available for use with this datatype.In the case of a
TypeDef
, the return list will include theTypeDefSettingsDefinition
list from the associated base data type.Unlike
TypeDefSettingsDefinition
standard settings definitions generally support default, component-default and data-instance use. In addition, standard settings definitions are never considered duringisEquivalent(DataType)
checking or during the resolve process.- Returns:
- list of the settings definitions for this datatype.
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getTypeDefSettingsDefinitions
TypeDefSettingsDefinition[] getTypeDefSettingsDefinitions()Get the list of all settings definitions for this datatype that may be used for an associatedTypeDef
. When used for an associatedTypeDef
, these settings will be considered during aisEquivalent(DataType)
check and will be preserved during the resolve process.- Returns:
- a list of the settings definitions for a
TypeDef
associated with this datatype.
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getDefaultSettings
Settings getDefaultSettings()Gets the settings for this data type. The settings may have underlying default settings and may in turn become defaults for instance-specific settings (e.g., Data or DataTypeComponent). It is important to note that these settings are tied to a specific DataType instantiation so it is important to understand the scope of its use. Example: TheBuiltInDataTypeManager
has its own set of DataType instances which are separate from those which have been instantiated or resolved to a specific Program/ArchiveDataTypeManager
. Settings manipulation may be disabled by default in some instances.- Returns:
- the settings for this dataType.
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clone
Returns an instance of this DataType using the specifiedDataTypeManager
to allow its use of the correspondingDataOrganization
while retaining its unique identity (seegetUniversalID()
and archive association (seegetSourceArchive()
) if applicable.This instance will be returned if this datatype's DataTypeManager matches the specified dtm. The recursion depth of a clone will stop on any datatype whose
DataTypeManager
matches the specified dtm and simply use the existing datatype instance.NOTE: In general, this method should not be used to obtain an instance to be modified. In most cases changes may be made directly to this instance if supported or to a
copy(DataTypeManager)
of this type.- Parameters:
dtm
- the data-type manager instance whose data-organization should apply.- Returns:
- cloned instance which may be the same as this instance
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copy
Returns a new instance (shallow copy) of this DataType with a new identity and no source archive association.Any reference to other datatypes will use
clone(DataTypeManager)
.- Parameters:
dtm
- the data-type manager instance whose data-organization should apply.- Returns:
- new instanceof of this datatype
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getCategoryPath
CategoryPath getCategoryPath()Gets the categoryPath associated with this datatype- Returns:
- the datatype's category path
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getDataTypePath
DataTypePath getDataTypePath()Returns the dataTypePath for this datatype;- Returns:
- the dataTypePath for this datatype;
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setCategoryPath
Set the categoryPath associated with this datatype- Parameters:
path
- the new path- Throws:
DuplicateNameException
- if an attempt to place this datatype into the specified category resulted in a name collision. This should not occur for non-DB DataType instances.
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getDataTypeManager
DataTypeManager getDataTypeManager()Get the DataTypeManager containing this datatype.This association should not be used to indicate whether this DataType has been resolved, but is intended to indicate whether the appropriate DataOrganization is being used.
- Returns:
- the DataTypeManager that is associated with this datatype.
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getDisplayName
String getDisplayName()Gets the name for referring to this datatype.- Returns:
- generic name for this Data Type (i.e.: Word)
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getName
String getName()Get the name of this datatype.- Returns:
- the name
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getPathName
String getPathName()Get the full category path name that includes this datatype's name.If the category is null, then this just the datatype's name is returned.
- Returns:
- the path, or just this type's name
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setName
Sets the name of the datatype- Parameters:
name
- the new name for this datatype.- Throws:
InvalidNameException
- if the given name does not form a valid name.DuplicateNameException
- if name change on storedDataType
is a duplicate of another datatype within the same category (only applies to DB storedDataType
).
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setNameAndCategory
void setNameAndCategory(CategoryPath path, String name) throws InvalidNameException, DuplicateNameException Sets the name and category of a datatype at the same time.- Parameters:
path
- the new category path.name
- the new name- Throws:
InvalidNameException
- if the name is invalidDuplicateNameException
- if name change on storedDataType
is a duplicate of another datatype within the same category (only applies to DB storedDataType
).
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getMnemonic
Get the mnemonic for this DataType.- Parameters:
settings
- settings which may influence the result or null- Returns:
- the mnemonic for this DataType.
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getLength
int getLength()Get the length of this DataType as a number of 8-bit bytes.For primitive datatypes this reflects the smallest varnode which can be used to contain its value (i.e., raw data length).
Example: For x86 32-bit gcc an 80-bit
long double
raw data length
of 10-bytes will fit within a floating point register while itsaligned-length
of 12-bytes is used by the gcc compiler for data/array/component allocations to maintain alignment (i.e.,sizeof(long double)
).NOTE: Other than the
VoidDataType
, no datatype should ever return 0, even ifisZeroLength()
, and onlyDynamic
/FactoryDataType
datatypes should return -1. IfisZeroLength()
is true a length of 1 should be returned. Where a zero-length datatype can be handled (e.g.,Composite
) theisZeroLength()
method should be used.- Returns:
- the length of this DataType
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getAlignedLength
int getAlignedLength()Get the aligned-length of this datatype as a number of 8-bit bytes.For primitive datatypes this is equivalent to the C/C++ "sizeof" operation within source code and should be used when determining
Array
element length or component sizing for aComposite
. ForPointer
,Composite
andArray
types this will return the same value asgetLength()
.Example: For x86 32-bit gcc an 80-bit
long double
raw data length
of 10-bytes will fit within a floating point register while itsaligned-length
of 12-bytes is used by the gcc compiler for data/array/component allocations to maintain alignment (i.e.,sizeof(long double)
).NOTE: Other than the
VoidDataType
, no datatype should ever return 0, even ifisZeroLength()
, and onlyDynamic
/FactoryDataType
/FunctionDefinition
datatypes should return -1. IfisZeroLength()
is true a length of 1 should be returned.- Returns:
- byte length of binary encoding.
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isZeroLength
boolean isZeroLength()Indicates this datatype is defined with a zero length.This method should not be confused with
isNotYetDefined()
which indicates that nothing but the name and basic type is known.NOTE: a zero-length datatype must return a length of 1 via
getLength()
. Zero-length datatypes used as a component within aComposite
may, or may not, be assigned a component length of 0. The methodDataTypeComponent.usesZeroLengthComponent(DataType)
is used to make this determination.- Returns:
- true if type definition has a length of 0, else false
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isNotYetDefined
boolean isNotYetDefined()Indicates if this datatype has not yet been fully defined.Such datatypes should always return a
getLength()
of 1 and true forisZeroLength()
. (example: empty structure)- Returns:
- true if this type is not yet defined.
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getDescription
String getDescription()Get a String briefly describing this DataType.- Returns:
- a one-liner describing this DataType.
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setDescription
Sets a String briefly describing this DataType.- Parameters:
description
- a one-liner describing this DataType.- Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the description is not allowed to be set for this datatype.
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getDocs
URL getDocs()The getDocs method should provide a URL pointing to extended documentation for this DataType if it exists.A typical use would be to return a URL pointing to the programmers reference for this instruction or a page describing this data structure.
- Returns:
- null - there is no URL documentation for this prototype.
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getValue
Returns the interpreted data value as an instance of theadvertised value class
.For instance,
Pointer
data types should return an Address object (or null), or integer data types should return aScalar
object.- Parameters:
buf
- the data buffersettings
- the settings to use.length
- indicates the maximum number of bytes that may be consumed by aDynamic
datatype, otherwise this value is ignored. A value of -1 may be specified to allow a Dynamic datatype to determine the length based upon the actual data bytes- Returns:
- the data object, or null if data is invalid
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isEncodable
boolean isEncodable()Check if this type supports encoding (patching)If unsupported,
encodeValue(Object, MemBuffer, Settings, int)
andencodeRepresentation(String, MemBuffer, Settings, int)
will always throw an exception. Actions which rely on eitherencode
method should not be displayed if the applicable datatype is not encodable.- Returns:
- true if encoding is supported
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encodeValue
byte[] encodeValue(Object value, MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int length) throws DataTypeEncodeException Encode bytes from an Object appropriate for this DataType.Converts the given object to the byte encoding and returns it. When appropriate, this should seek the nearest encoding to the specified value, since the object may come from a user script. For example, a floating-point value may be rounded. Invalid values should be rejected with a
DataTypeEncodeException
.- Parameters:
value
- the desired value.buf
- a buffer representing the eventual destination of the bytes.settings
- the settings to use.length
- the expected length of the result, usually the length of the data unit, or -1 to let the type choose the length. It may be ignored, e.g., for fixed-length types.- Returns:
- the encoded value.
- Throws:
DataTypeEncodeException
- if the value cannot be encoded for any reason, e.g., incorrect type, not enough space, buffer overflow, unsupported (seeisEncodable()
).
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getValueClass
Get the Class of the value Object to be returned by this datatype (seegetValue(MemBuffer, Settings, int)
).- Parameters:
settings
- the relevant settings to use or null for default.- Returns:
- Class of the value to be returned by this datatype or null if it can vary or is unspecified. Types which correspond to a string or char array will return the String class.
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getDefaultLabelPrefix
String getDefaultLabelPrefix()Returns the appropriate string to use as the default label prefix in the absence of any data.- Returns:
- the default label prefix or null if none specified.
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getDefaultAbbreviatedLabelPrefix
String getDefaultAbbreviatedLabelPrefix()Returns the prefix to use for this datatype when an abbreviated prefix is desired.For example, some datatypes will built a large default label, at which is is more desirable to have a shortened prefix.
- Returns:
- the prefix to use for this datatype when an abbreviated prefix is desired. May return null.
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getDefaultLabelPrefix
String getDefaultLabelPrefix(MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int len, DataTypeDisplayOptions options) Returns the appropriate string to use as the default label prefix.- Parameters:
buf
- memory buffer containing the bytes.settings
- the Settings objectlen
- the length of the data.options
- options for how to format the default label prefix.- Returns:
- the default label prefix or null if none specified.
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getDefaultOffcutLabelPrefix
String getDefaultOffcutLabelPrefix(MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int len, DataTypeDisplayOptions options, int offcutOffset) Returns the appropriate string to use as the default label prefix.This takes into account the fact that there exists a reference to the data that references
offcutLength
bytes into this type- Parameters:
buf
- memory buffer containing the bytes.settings
- the Settings objectlen
- the length of the data.options
- options for how to format the default label prefix.offcutOffset
- offset into datatype- Returns:
- the default label prefix.
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getRepresentation
Get bytes from memory in a printable format for this type.- Parameters:
buf
- the data.settings
- the settings to use for the representation.length
- the number of bytes to represent.- Returns:
- the representation of the data in this format, never null.
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encodeRepresentation
byte[] encodeRepresentation(String repr, MemBuffer buf, Settings settings, int length) throws DataTypeEncodeException Encode bytes according to the display format for this type.Converts the given representation to the byte encoding and returns it. When appropriate, this should seek the nearest encoding to the specified value, since the representation is likely coming from user input. For example, a floating-point value may be rounded. Invalid representations should be rejected with a
DataTypeEncodeException
.- Parameters:
repr
- the representation of the desired value, as ingetRepresentation(MemBuffer, Settings, int)
. The supported formats depend on the specific datatype and its settings.buf
- a buffer representing the eventual destination of the bytes.settings
- the settings to use for the representation.length
- the expected length of the result, usually the length of the data unit, or -1 to let the type choose the length. It may be ignored, e.g., for fixed-length types.- Returns:
- the encoded value.
- Throws:
DataTypeEncodeException
- if the value cannot be encoded for any reason, e.g., incorrect format, not enough space, buffer overflow, unsupported (seeisEncodable()
).
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isDeleted
boolean isDeleted()Returns true if this datatype has been deleted and is no longer valid- Returns:
- true if this datatype has been deleted and is no longer valid.
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isEquivalent
Check if the given datatype is equivalent to this datatype.The precise meaning of "equivalent" is datatype dependent.
NOTE: if invoked by a DB object or manager it should be invoked on the DataTypeDB object passing the other datatype as the argument.- Parameters:
dt
- the datatype being tested for equivalence.- Returns:
- true if the if the given datatype is equivalent to this datatype.
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dataTypeSizeChanged
Notification that the given datatype's size has changed.DataTypes may need to make internal changes in response.
TODO: This method is reserved for internal DB use.- Parameters:
dt
- the datatype that has changed.
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dataTypeAlignmentChanged
Notification that the given datatype's alignment has changed.DataTypes may need to make internal changes in response.
TODO: This method is reserved for internal DB use.- Parameters:
dt
- the datatype that has changed.
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dataTypeDeleted
Informs this datatype that the given datatype has been deleted.TODO: This method is reserved for internal DB use.
- Parameters:
dt
- the datatype that has been deleted.
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dataTypeReplaced
Informs this datatype that the given oldDT has been replaced with newDTTODO: This method is reserved for internal DB use.
- Parameters:
oldDt
- old datatypenewDt
- new datatype
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addParent
Inform this data type that it has the given parent
TODO: This method is reserved for internal DB use.- Parameters:
dt
- parent data type
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removeParent
Remove a parent datatypeTODO: This method is reserved for internal DB use.
- Parameters:
dt
- parent datatype
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dataTypeNameChanged
Informs this datatype that its name has changed from the indicated old name.TODO: This method is reserved for internal DB use.
- Parameters:
dt
- the datatype whose name changedoldName
- the datatype's old name
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getParents
Collection<DataType> getParents()Get the parents of this datatype. NOTE: This method is intended to be used on a DB-managed datatype only and is not fully supported for use with non-DB datatype instances.- Returns:
- parents of this datatype
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getAlignment
int getAlignment()Gets the alignment to be used when aligning this datatype within another datatype.- Returns:
- this datatype's alignment.
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dependsOn
Check if this datatype depends on the existence of the given datatype.For example byte[] depends on byte. If byte were deleted, then byte[] would also be deleted.
- Parameters:
dt
- the datatype to test that this datatype depends on.- Returns:
- true if the existence of this datatype relies on the existence of the specified datatype dt.
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getSourceArchive
SourceArchive getSourceArchive()Get the source archive where this type originated- Returns:
- source archive object
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setSourceArchive
Set the source archive where this type originated- Parameters:
archive
- source archive object
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getLastChangeTime
long getLastChangeTime()Get the timestamp corresponding to the last time this type was changed within its datatype manager- Returns:
- timestamp of last change within datatype manager
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getLastChangeTimeInSourceArchive
long getLastChangeTimeInSourceArchive()Get the timestamp corresponding to the last time this type was sync'd within its source archive- Returns:
- timestamp of last sync with source archive
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getUniversalID
UniversalID getUniversalID()Get the universal ID for this datatype.This value is intended to be a unique identifier across all programs and archives. The same ID indicates that two datatypes were originally the same one. Keep in mind names, categories, and component makeup may differ and have changed since there origin.
- Returns:
- datatype UniversalID
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replaceWith
For datatypes that support change, this method replaces the internals of this datatype with the internals of the given datatype.The datatypes must be of the same "type" (i.e. structure can only be replacedWith another structure.
- Parameters:
dataType
- the datatype that contains the internals to upgrade to.- Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the datatype does not support change.IllegalArgumentException
- if the given datatype is not the same type as this datatype.
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setLastChangeTime
void setLastChangeTime(long lastChangeTime) Sets the lastChangeTime for this datatype.Normally, this is updated automatically when a datatype is changed, but when committing or updating while synchronizing an archive, the lastChangeTime may need to be updated externally.
- Parameters:
lastChangeTime
- the time to use as the lastChangeTime for this datatype
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setLastChangeTimeInSourceArchive
void setLastChangeTimeInSourceArchive(long lastChangeTimeInSourceArchive) Sets the lastChangeTimeInSourceArchive for this datatype.This is used by when a datatype change is committed back to its source archive.
- Parameters:
lastChangeTimeInSourceArchive
- the time to use as the lastChangeTimeInSourceArchive for this datatype
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getDataOrganization
DataOrganization getDataOrganization()Returns the DataOrganization associated with this data-type- Returns:
- associated data organization
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VoidDataType.dataType
instead