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Class gnu.jel.ExpressionBits

java.lang.Object
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public class ExpressionBits
extends Object
implements Serializable
This class handles storage of compiled expressions, their instantiation and naming.

As You may notice this class is serializable. Serialization of ExpressionBits objects is preferred method of persistent storage of compiled expressions. To restore compiled expression first deserialize corresponding ExpressionBits object and then call its getExpression() method.

The unique class name of the expression is generated automatically by appending successive integer numbers (incremented for each instantiated expression) to the "gnu.jel.generated.E_". The number is represented by long integer allowing to instantiate close to 10^19 expressions during the program lifetime. This means program, instantiating a new expression each second, will fail with numeric overflow in about 300000000000 years, which is big enough for most applications.


Method Index

 o getExpression()
Constructs a new instance of the CompiledExpression subclass from these bits.
 o getImage()
Used to get the binary image of the class.

Methods

 o getExpression
 public CompiledExpression getExpression()
Constructs a new instance of the CompiledExpression subclass from these bits.

Returns:
a CompiledExpression instance or null if there was a error.
 o getImage
 public byte[] getImage()
Used to get the binary image of the class.

This should be used for debugging only. JEL compiled expressions are not represented only by Java bytecode (since constants of type object are allowed) which means saving bytes into classfile and loading it using JVM classloader will not always work.

Returns:
a binary class representation.

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