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Class OtpErlangAtom</H2>
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java.lang.Object
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD>java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable</DD>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>OtpErlangAtom</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangObject.html" title="class in com.ericsson.otp.erlang">OtpErlangObject</A><DT>implements java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable</DL>
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Provides a Java representation of Erlang atoms. Atoms can be created from
strings whose length is not more than <A HREF="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangAtom.html#maxAtomLength"><CODE>maxAtomLength</CODE></A>
characters.
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<CODE>static int</CODE></FONT></TD>
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The maximun allowed length of an atom, in characters</TD>
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Create an atom whose value is "true" or "false".</TD>
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Create an atom from a stream containing an atom encoded in Erlang
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Create an atom from the given string.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangAtom.html#atomValue()">atomValue</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the actual string contained in this object.</TD>
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The boolean value of this atom.</TD>
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Convert this atom to the equivalent Erlang external representation.</TD>
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Determine if two atoms are equal.</TD>
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Get the printname of the atom represented by this object.</TD>
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maxAtomLength</H3>
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public static final int <B>maxAtomLength</B></PRE>
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<DD>The maximun allowed length of an atom, in characters
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OtpErlangAtom</H3>
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public <B>OtpErlangAtom</B>(java.lang.String atom)</PRE>
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<DD>Create an atom from the given string.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>atom</CODE> - the string to create the atom from.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
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OtpErlangAtom</H3>
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public <B>OtpErlangAtom</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpInputStream.html" title="class in com.ericsson.otp.erlang">OtpInputStream</A> buf)
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<DD>Create an atom from a stream containing an atom encoded in Erlang
external format.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>buf</CODE> - the stream containing the encoded atom.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangDecodeException.html" title="class in com.ericsson.otp.erlang">OtpErlangDecodeException</A></CODE> - if the buffer does not contain a valid external
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OtpErlangAtom</H3>
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public <B>OtpErlangAtom</B>(boolean t)</PRE>
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atomValue</H3>
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public java.lang.String <B>atomValue</B>()</PRE>
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booleanValue</H3>
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public boolean <B>booleanValue</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>The boolean value of this atom.
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the value of this atom expressed as a boolean value. If the atom
consists of the characters "true" (independent of case) the value
will be true. For any other values, the value will be false.</DL>
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toString</H3>
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public java.lang.String <B>toString</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Get the printname of the atom represented by this object. The difference
between this method and {link #atomValue atomValue()} is that the
printname is quoted and escaped where necessary, according to the Erlang
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the printname representation of this atom object.<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangAtom.html#atomValue()"><CODE>atomValue()</CODE></A></DL>
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public boolean <B>equals</B>(java.lang.Object o)</PRE>
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<DD>Determine if two atoms are equal.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>o</CODE> - the other object to compare to.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the atoms are equal, false otherwise.</DL>
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doHashCode</H3>
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protected int <B>doHashCode</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Convert this atom to the equivalent Erlang external representation.
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