source: trunk/src/org/expeditee/simple/SVariable.java@ 1480

/**
 *    SVariable.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2010 New Zealand Digital Library, http://expeditee.org
 *
 *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *    (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *    GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.expeditee.simple;

/**
 * Class for a generic variable.
 * 
 * @author mrww1
 * 
 */
public abstract class SVariable<T extends Object> {
        public static final String prefix = "$";

        protected static final String separator = ".";

        protected String name_;

        protected T value_;

        public SVariable(String name, T value) {
                name_ = name;
                value_ = value;
        }

        public SVariable() {
        }

        public String getName() {
                return name_;
        }

        public T getValue() {
                return value_;
        }

        protected void setName(String newName) {
                name_ = newName;
        }

        public String stringValue() {
                return value_.toString();
        }

        public abstract void setValue(SVariable<T> v) throws Exception;
}