edu.hm.hafner.util

Class TreeString

java.lang.Object

edu.hm.hafner.util.TreeString

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class TreeString
extends Object
implements Serializable

TreeString is an alternative string representation that saves the memory when you have a large number of strings that share common prefixes (such as various file names.)

TreeString can be built with TreeStringBuilder.

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object rhs)
int	hashCode()
boolean	isBlank()
String	toString() Returns the full string representation.
static TreeString	valueOf(String string) Creates a TreeString.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object rhs)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Returns the full string representation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isBlank

public boolean isBlank()

valueOf

public static TreeString valueOf(String string)

Creates a TreeString. Useful if you need to create one-off TreeString without TreeStringBuilder. Memory consumption is still about the same to new String(string).

Parameters:

string - the tree string

Returns:

the new TreeString