org.netsnmp
Class NativeOID

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.netsnmp.NativeOID

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, OID

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultOID

public abstract class NativeOID

extends Object

implements OID

OID class that supplies access to native OID services

Constructor Summary

NativeOID()

Method Summary

OID	append(OID oid) Creates a new OID object appending by appending oid to this one
int	compareTo(Object obj) Compare to another object.
int	compareTo(OID oid, int n) Compares up to n places in this oid
String	toString() Converts an oid to a dotted integer representation
String	toText() Converts an OID to a text representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.netsnmp.OID

length, oids

Constructor Detail

NativeOID

public NativeOID()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Converts an oid to a dotted integer representation

Overrides:

toString in class Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object obj)

Compare to another object. Used for implementing the 'Comparable' interface for seaching and sorting

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Parameters:

obj - Object to compare this OID to

Returns:

a negative integer, zero or a positive integer if this object is less than, equal to or greaten than the object it is being compared to.

compareTo

public int compareTo(OID oid,
                     int n)

Compares up to n places in this oid

Specified by:

compareTo in interface OID

Parameters:

oid - to compare this to

n - compare to n places

Returns:

a negative integer, zero or a positive integer if this object is less than, equal to or greaten than the OID it is being compared to to n places.

append

public OID append(OID oid)

Creates a new OID object appending by appending oid to this one

Specified by:

append in interface OID

Parameters:

oid - OID object append

Returns:

new OID that is the concatenation of this OID and the oid parameter

toText

public String toText()

Converts an OID to a text representation. Esentially calls snprint_objid and returns the result as a java.lang.String

Specified by:

toText in interface OID

Returns:

a text representation of the OID based on the currently loaded MIBs

See Also:

mib_api