com.whitestein.lsps.engine.dto

Class CompressedString

java.lang.Object

com.whitestein.lsps.engine.dto.CompressedString

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class CompressedString
extends Object
implements Serializable

A compressed string. The purpose of this class is to reduce network traffic in case of very large XMl strings needed to be transfered over the network.

Author:

mvo

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CompressedString() Creates a instance ready to compress a string.
CompressedString(String string) Creates a new instance with a given string.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getString() Decompresses the date to return the original string.
void	setString(String string) Compresses the string and stores it internally as byte array.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CompressedString

public CompressedString()

Creates a instance ready to compress a string.

CompressedString

public CompressedString(String string)

Creates a new instance with a given string.

Parameters:

string -

Method Detail

setString

public void setString(String string)

Compresses the string and stores it internally as byte array.

Parameters:

string -

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if this instance already holds a compressed string

getString

public String getString()

Decompresses the date to return the original string.

Returns:

the string

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if this instance does not hold any compression binary data

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object