org.j3d.util.device
Class DeviceDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  org.j3d.util.device.DeviceDescriptor

Direct Known Subclasses:

AudioDeviceDescriptor, FileLoaderDescriptor, InputDeviceDescriptor

public abstract class DeviceDescriptor

extends java.lang.Object

An abstract descriptor class for holding information about the different device types.

Constructor Summary

protected

DeviceDescriptor(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String desc, java.lang.String cls) Construct an instance of this class with the given information about the name, description and class file.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Check for equality of these two classes.
java.lang.String	getDescription() Get the description string of this device.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this device.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DeviceDescriptor

protected DeviceDescriptor(java.lang.String name,
                           java.lang.String desc,
                           java.lang.String cls)

Construct an instance of this class with the given information about the name, description and class file.

Parameters:

name - The name of the device

desc - A description of the device

cls - The fully qualified name of the class file

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this device. It should be a one line string that is not strictly formatted.

Returns:

The name of this class

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Get the description string of this device. It could be a multi-line string containing copyright, author or any other random information.

Returns:

The description string for this device

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Check for equality of these two classes. The equality check is based on having the same qualified class name.

Parameters:

o - The object to compare against

Returns:

true if these represent the same class