ptolemy.actor.lib.string
Class StringSubstring

java.lang.Object
  extended by ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
      extended by ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj
          extended by ptolemy.kernel.Entity
              extended by ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity
                  extended by ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor
                      extended by ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor
                          extended by ptolemy.actor.lib.Transformer
                              extended by ptolemy.actor.lib.string.StringSubstring
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Actor, Executable, FiringsRecordable, Initializable, TypedActor, Changeable, Debuggable, DebugListener, Derivable, Instantiable, ModelErrorHandler, MoMLExportable, Moveable, Nameable

public class StringSubstring
extends Transformer

Output a substring of the string provided at the input. The position of the substring within the input string is determined by the start and stop port parameters. Following Java convention, the character at start is included, but the character at stop is not. If the stop is less than start, then the substring starts at start and extends to the end of the string. The default values for start and stop are both 0; this results in an empty string at the output.

Since:
Ptolemy II 4.0
Version:
$Id: StringSubstring.java 57040 2010-01-27 20:52:32Z cxh $
Author:
Neil E. Turner and Edward A. Lee
See Also:
Serialized Form
Accepted Rating:
Green (net)
Proposed Rating:
Green (net)

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.Entity
Entity.ContainedObjectsIterator
 
Field Summary
 PortParameter start
          The beginning index of the input string, which is the position of first character of the desired substring.
 PortParameter stop
          The ending index of the input string, which is 1 greater than the position of last letter of the desired substring.
 
Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Transformer
input, output
 
Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor
_actorFiringListeners, _initializables, _notifyingActorFiring, _stopRequested
 
Fields inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
_changeListeners, _changeLock, _changeRequests, _debugging, _debugListeners, _elementName, _isPersistent, _verbose, _workspace, ATTRIBUTES, CLASSNAME, COMPLETE, CONTENTS, DEEP, FULLNAME, LINKS
 
Fields inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable
COMPLETED, NOT_READY, STOP_ITERATING
 
Constructor Summary
StringSubstring(CompositeEntity container, java.lang.String name)
          Construct an actor with the given container and name.
 
Method Summary
 void fire()
          If there is an input string, find a substring according to the indices given by the port parameters start and stop and produce the substring at the output.
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor
_addPort, _fireAt, _fireAt, attributeTypeChanged, clone, newPort, typeConstraintList, typeConstraints
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor
_actorFiring, _actorFiring, addActorFiringListener, addInitializable, clone, connectionsChanged, createReceivers, declareDelayDependency, getCausalityInterface, getDirector, getExecutiveDirector, getManager, initialize, inputPortList, isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, newReceiver, outputPortList, postfire, prefire, preinitialize, pruneDependencies, recordFiring, removeActorFiringListener, removeDependency, removeInitializable, setContainer, stop, stopFire, terminate, wrapup
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity
_adjustDeferrals, _checkContainer, _getContainedObject, _propagateExistence, getContainer, instantiate, isAtomic, isOpaque, moveDown, moveToFirst, moveToIndex, moveToLast, moveUp, propagateExistence, setName
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.Entity
_description, _exportMoMLContents, _removePort, _validateSettables, connectedPortList, connectedPorts, containedObjectsIterator, getAttribute, getPort, getPorts, linkedRelationList, linkedRelations, portList, removeAllPorts, setClassDefinition, uniqueName
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj
_setParent, exportMoML, getChildren, getElementName, getParent, getPrototypeList, isClassDefinition, isWithinClassDefinition
 
Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
_addAttribute, _adjustOverride, _attachText, _cloneFixAttributeFields, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _getIndentPrefix, _isMoMLSuppressed, _markContentsDerived, _propagateValue, _recordDecoratedAttributes, _removeAttribute, _splitName, _stripNumericSuffix, addChangeListener, addDebugListener, attributeChanged, attributeList, attributeList, deepContains, depthInHierarchy, description, description, event, executeChangeRequests, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoMLPlain, getAttribute, getAttributes, getChangeListeners, getClassName, getDecoratorAttribute, getDecoratorAttributes, getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, getDisplayName, getFullName, getModelErrorHandler, getName, getName, getSource, handleModelError, isDeferringChangeRequests, isOverridden, isPersistent, lazyContainedObjectsIterator, message, propagateValue, propagateValues, removeChangeListener, removeDebugListener, requestChange, setClassName, setDeferringChangeRequests, setDerivedLevel, setDisplayName, setModelErrorHandler, setPersistent, setSource, sortContainedObjects, toplevel, toString, validateSettables, workspace
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Actor
createReceivers, getCausalityInterface, getDirector, getExecutiveDirector, getManager, inputPortList, newReceiver, outputPortList
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable
isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, postfire, prefire, stop, stopFire, terminate
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Initializable
addInitializable, initialize, preinitialize, removeInitializable, wrapup
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Nameable
description, getContainer, getDisplayName, getFullName, getName, getName, setName
 
Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Derivable
getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, propagateValue
 

Field Detail

start

public PortParameter start
The beginning index of the input string, which is the position of first character of the desired substring. Its default value is 0, type int.


stop

public PortParameter stop
The ending index of the input string, which is 1 greater than the position of last letter of the desired substring. Its default value is 0, type int.

Constructor Detail

StringSubstring

public StringSubstring(CompositeEntity container,
                       java.lang.String name)
                throws NameDuplicationException,
                       IllegalActionException
Construct an actor with the given container and name.

Parameters:
container - The container.
name - The name of this actor.
Throws:
IllegalActionException - If the actor cannot be contained by the proposed container.
NameDuplicationException - If the container already has an actor with this name.
Method Detail

fire

public void fire()
          throws IllegalActionException
If there is an input string, find a substring according to the indices given by the port parameters start and stop and produce the substring at the output. If the stop is -1 , then the substring starts at start and extends to the end of the string. In the event that the indices do not exist in the input string, throw IndexOutOfBoundsException.

Specified by:
fire in interface Executable
Overrides:
fire in class AtomicActor
Throws:
IllegalActionException - If the superclass throws it, or if it is thrown reading the input port or writing to the output port.