org.opentrafficsim.base

Class Type<T extends Type<T>>

java.lang.Object

org.opentrafficsim.base.Type<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Class of type.

public abstract class Type<T extends Type<T>>
extends Object

Superclass of all sorts of types, for example GTUType, ParameterType, etc. The only method in this class is isType() which should be used to check whether any type object of unknown type, is a specific type. For example: speedLimitType.isType(SpeedLimitType.CURVATURE).

Note that it is not safe to use speedLimitType == SpeedLimitType.CURVATURE.

Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5, 2600 AA, Delft, the Netherlands. All rights reserved.
BSD-style license. See OpenTrafficSim License.

Version:

$Revision$, $LastChangedDate$, by $Author$, initial version May 6, 2016

Author:

Alexander Verbraeck, Wouter Schakel

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Type()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isType(T type) Returns whether this type is the same type as the given type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Type

public Type()

Method Detail

isType

public final boolean isType(T type)

Returns whether this type is the same type as the given type. Use this method to check for any kind of type (e.g. GTUType , ParameterType, etc.) whether an instance is a specific instance of the type. For example: speedLimitType.isType(SpeedLimitType.CURVATURE).

Note that it is not safe to use speedLimitType == SpeedLimitType.CURVATURE.

Parameters:

type - type instance to compare to

Returns:

whether this type is the same type as the given type