com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin

Class Tag

java.lang.Object

com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ByteArrayTag, CompoundTag, IntArrayTag, ListTag, LongArrayTag, NumberTag, StringTag

public abstract class Tag
extends Object
implements Cloneable

Represents an NBT tag.

Tags should also have setter methods specific to their value types.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Tag()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Tag	clone()
abstract int	getTagId() Returns the NBT tag id of this tag type, used in I/O.
abstract Object	getValue() Gets the value of this tag.
abstract void	read(DataInput in) Reads this tag from an input stream.
String	toString()
abstract void	write(DataOutput out) Writes this tag to an output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Tag

public Tag()

Method Detail

getValue

public abstract Object getValue()

Gets the value of this tag.

Returns:

The value of this tag.

read

public abstract void read(DataInput in)
                   throws IOException

Reads this tag from an input stream.

Parameters:

in - Stream to write to.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

write

public abstract void write(DataOutput out)
                    throws IOException

Writes this tag to an output stream.

Parameters:

out - Stream to write to.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

getTagId

public abstract int getTagId()

Returns the NBT tag id of this tag type, used in I/O.

Returns:

Id of the tag this class represents

clone

public abstract Tag clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object