Tag (com.gengoai:mango 1.1-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

TokenDef

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommonTypes, ConfigTokenType, EnumValue, HierarchicalEnumValue, StringTag
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public interface Tag
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A Tag represents a label on an object. Tags allow for instanceOf checks using isInstance(Tag) and isInstance(Tag...). Individual implementations may define the isInstance method to take into account a hierarchy or other attributes that define a tag.

Author:

David B. Bracewell

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default boolean`	`isInstance(@NonNull Tag tag)`	Determines if this tag is an instance of a given tag.
`default boolean`	`isInstance(@NonNull Tag... tags)`	Determines if this tag is an instance of any of the given tags.
`default String`	`label()`	Gets the label associated with the tag.
`String`	`name()`	The name of the tag.
`default Tag`	`parent()`	Gets the parent of this tag

- Method Detail
  - isInstance
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default boolean isInstance(@NonNull
                           @NonNull Tag tag)
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    Determines if this tag is an instance of a given tag.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tag - The given tag to check if this one is an instance of
    
    Returns:
    
    True if this tag is an instance of the given tag
  - isInstance
```
default boolean isInstance(@NonNull
                           @NonNull Tag... tags)
```
    Determines if this tag is an instance of any of the given tags.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tags - the tags to check against
    
    Returns:
    
    True if this tag is an instance of any one of the given tags
  - label
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default String label()
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    Gets the label associated with the tag. In most cases the label is the same as the name, but when tags are defined using a HierarchicalEnumValue the label is the leaf node name without the full path.
    
    Returns:
    
    the label of the tag
  - name
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String name()
```
    The name of the tag.
    
    Returns:
    
    The name of the tag
  - parent
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default Tag parent()
```
    Gets the parent of this tag
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent or null if it has no parent