/*license*\ XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.array.helper; import com.github.xbn.array.NullContainer; /** <p>Creates initialized primitive arrays and non-primitive arrays of its wrapper-type, and provides basic access and conversion for objects-that-are-actually-primitive-arrays.</p> * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public interface PrimitiveArrayHelper<E> extends ArrayHelperBase<E> { /** <p>YYY</p> */ Object getPrimitiveArray(Object obj_thatIsPrimArr, NullContainer nnull, String cntrName_forNullBad); Object getPArrayCopyOrNull(Object obj_thatIsPrimArr, NullContainer nnull, String cntrName_forNullBad); /** * @param obj_thatIsPrimArr May not be {@code null}, and must be a primitive array whose wrapper-type is {@code E}. * @param array_name Descriptive name of {@code obj_thatIsPrimArr}. <i>Should</i> not be {@code null} or empty. * @return <code>{@link #getPrimitiveArray(Object, NullContainer, String) getPrimitiveArray}(obj_thatIsPrimArr, {@link com.github.xbn.array.NullContainer NullContainer}.{@link com.github.xbn.array.NullContainer#BAD BAD}, array_name).length</code> */ int getLength(Object obj_thatIsPrimArr, String array_name); /** * @param obj_thatIsPrimArr May not be {@code null}, and must be a primitive array whose wrapper-type is {@code E}. * @param array_name Descriptive name of {@code obj_thatIsPrimArr}. <i>Should</i> not be {@code null} or empty. */ E getWrapper(Object obj_thatIsPrimArr, int index, String array_name); E[] getWrapperArrayOrNull(Object obj_thatIsPrimArr, NullContainer nnull, String cntrName_forNullBad); Object getInitializedPrimitive(int length); Object getEmptyPrimitive(); }