SMWDIBlob Class Reference
[SMWDataItems]

This class implements blob (long string) data items. More...

Inherits SMWDataItem.

Inherited by SMWDIString.

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	__construct ($string)
	getDIType ()
	Convenience method that returns a constant that defines the concrete class that implements this data item.
	getString ()
	getSortKey ()
	Return a value that can be used for sorting data of this type.
	getSortKeyDataItem ()
	getSerialization ()
	Get a UTF-8 encoded string serialization of this data item.
Static Public Member Functions
static	doUnserialize ($serialization)
	Create a data item from the provided serialization string and type ID.
Protected Attributes
	$m_string

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Detailed Description

This class implements blob (long string) data items.

Since:

1.6

Author:

Markus Krötzsch

Definition at line 15 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SMWDIBlob::__construct

(

$

string

)

Reimplemented in SMWDIString.

Definition at line 23 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

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Member Function Documentation

SMWDIBlob::getDIType

(

)

Convenience method that returns a constant that defines the concrete class that implements this data item.

Used to switch when processing data items.

Returns:

integer that specifies the basic type of data item

Reimplemented from SMWDataItem.

Reimplemented in SMWDIString.

Definition at line 27 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

References SMWDataItem::TYPE_BLOB.

SMWDIBlob::getString

(

)

Definition at line 31 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

SMWDIBlob::getSortKey

(

)

Return a value that can be used for sorting data of this type.

If the data is of a numerical type, the sorting must be done in numerical order. If the data is a string, the data must be sorted alphabetically.

Note:

Every data item returns a sort key, even if there is no natural linear order for the type. SMW must order listed data in some way in any case. If there is a natural order (e.g. for Booleans where false < true), then the sortkey must agree with this order (e.g. for Booleans where false maps to 0, and true maps to 1).

Wiki pages are a special case in SMW. They are ordered by a sortkey that is assigned to them as a property value. When pages are sorted, this data should be used if possible.

Returns:

float or string

Reimplemented from SMWDataItem.

Definition at line 35 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

SMWDIBlob::getSortKeyDataItem

(

)

See also:

SMWDataItem::getSortKeyDataItem()

Returns:

SMWDataItem

Reimplemented from SMWDataItem.

Definition at line 43 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

SMWDIBlob::getSerialization

(

)

Get a UTF-8 encoded string serialization of this data item.

The serialisation should be concise and need not be pretty, but it must allow unserialization. Each subclass of SMWDataItem implements a static method doUnserialize() for this purpose.

Returns:

string

Reimplemented from SMWDataItem.

Definition at line 47 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

static SMWDIBlob::doUnserialize

(

$

serialization

)

[static]

Create a data item from the provided serialization string and type ID.

Returns:

SMWDIBlob

Reimplemented in SMWDIString.

Definition at line 56 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

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Member Data Documentation

SMWDIBlob::$m_string [protected]

Definition at line 21 of file SMW_DI_Blob.php.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• SemanticMediaWiki/includes/dataitems/SMW_DI_Blob.php