uk.ac.starlink.table
Class ObjectArrayColumn

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.starlink.table.ColumnData
      uk.ac.starlink.table.ArrayColumn
          uk.ac.starlink.table.ObjectArrayColumn

public class ObjectArrayColumn
extends ArrayColumn

A column which provides data storage in a java array of objects.

Constructor Summary

ObjectArrayColumn(ColumnInfo base, java.lang.Object[] data)
Constructs a new column backed by a given array of objects.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.table.ArrayColumn

getArray, isWritable, makeColumn, makeColumn, makeColumn, readValue, storeValue

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.table.ColumnData

getColumnInfo, setColumnInfo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectArrayColumn

public ObjectArrayColumn(ColumnInfo base,
                         java.lang.Object[] data)

Constructs a new column backed by a given array of objects. The contentClass of the given base column info must be compatible with the supplied data array; it should be the class of what the array is an array of. Alternatively, the base column info may have a null content class, in which case the column info for the new column will be set appropriately from the data array.

Parameters:

base - the column info on which to base this column's info

data - an array of primitives or objects which will form the storage for this column

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if data isn't an array or base.getContentClass() is incompatible with data