Package ubic.gemma.rest.util.args

Class AbstractArg<T>

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.rest.util.args.AbstractArg<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Arg<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractArrayArg, AbstractEntityArg, ExpLevelConsolidationArg, FilterArg, LimitArg, OffsetArg, SortArg

public abstract class AbstractArg<T>
extends Object
implements Arg<T>

Base class for non Object-specific functionality argument types, that can be malformed on input (E.g an argument representing a number was a non-numeric string in the request).

The Schema annotation used in subclasses ensures that custom args are represented by a string in the OpenAPI specification.

Author:

tesarst

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractArg(T value)	Constructor for well-formed value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	getValue()	Obtain the value represented by this argument.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AbstractArg

protected AbstractArg(@Nonnull
 T value)

Constructor for well-formed value.

Note that well-formed values can never be null. Although, the argument itself can be null to represent a value that is omitted by the request.

Parameters:

value - a well-formed value which cannot be null

Method Details

getValue

@Nonnull
public T getValue()

Obtain the value represented by this argument.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Arg<T>

Returns:

the value represented by this argument, which can never be null

Throws:

MalformedArgException - if this arg is malformed

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object