# Class CompositeType

java.lang.Object
javax.management.openmbean.OpenType<CompositeData>
javax.management.openmbean.CompositeType

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable`

public class CompositeType extends OpenType<CompositeData>
The `CompositeType` class is the open type class whose instances describe the types of `CompositeData` values.

Since:
  1.5
See Also:
  - Serialized Form

## Field Summary

### Fields declared in class OpenType

`ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES, ALLOWED_CLASSNAMES_LIST`

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`CompositeType(String typeName, String description, String[] itemNames, String[] itemDescriptions, OpenType<?>[] itemTypes)`
Constructs a `CompositeType` instance, checking for the validity of the given parameters.

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`boolean`
`containsKey(String itemName)`
Returns `true` if this `CompositeType` instance defines an item whose name is itemName.
`boolean`
`equals(Object obj)`
Compares the specified `obj` parameter with this `CompositeType` instance for equality.
`String`
`getDescription(String itemName)`
Returns the description of the item whose name is itemName, or `null` if this `CompositeType` instance does not define any item whose name is itemName.
`OpenType<?>`
`getType(String itemName)`
Returns the open type of the item whose name is itemName, or `null` if this `CompositeType` instance does not define any item whose name is itemName.
`int`
`hashCode()`
Returns the hash code value for this `CompositeType` instance.
`boolean`
`isValue(Object obj)`
Tests whether obj is a value which could be described by this `CompositeType` instance.
`Set<String>`
`keySet()`
Returns an unmodifiable Set view of all the item names defined by this `CompositeType` instance.
`String`
`toString()`
Returns a string representation of this `CompositeType` instance.

### Methods declared in class OpenType

`getClassName, getDescription, getTypeName, isArray`

### Methods declared in class Object

`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

## Constructor Details

### CompositeType

public CompositeType(String typeName, String description, String[] itemNames, String[] itemDescriptions, OpenType<?>[] itemTypes) throws OpenDataException
Constructs a `CompositeType` instance, checking for the validity of the given parameters. The validity constraints are described below for each parameter.

Note that the contents of the three array parameters itemNames, itemDescriptions and itemTypes are internally copied so that any subsequent modification of these arrays by the caller of this constructor has no impact on the constructed `CompositeType` instance.

The Java class name of composite data values this composite type represents (ie the class name returned by the `getClassName` method) is set to the string value returned by `CompositeData.class.getName()`.

Parameters:
  `typeName` - The name given to the composite type this instance represents; cannot be a null or empty string.
  `description` - The human readable description of the composite type this instance represents; cannot be a null or empty string.
  `itemNames` - The names of the items contained in the composite data values described by this `CompositeType` instance; cannot be null and should contain at least one element; no element can be a null or empty string. Note that the order in which the item names are given is not important to differentiate a `CompositeType` instance from another; the item names are internally stored sorted in ascending alphanumeric order.
  `itemDescriptions` - The descriptions, in the same order as itemNames, of the items contained in the composite data values described by this `CompositeType` instance; should be of the same size as itemNames; no element can be null or an empty string.
  `itemTypes` - The open type instances, in the same order as itemNames, describing the items contained in the composite data values described by this `CompositeType` instance; should be of the same size as itemNames; no element can be null.
Throws:
  `IllegalArgumentException` - If typeName or description is a null or empty string, or itemNames or itemDescriptions or itemTypes is null, or any element of itemNames or itemDescriptions is a null or empty string, or any element of itemTypes is null, or itemNames or itemDescriptions or itemTypes are not of the same size.
  `OpenDataException` - If itemNames contains duplicate item names (case sensitive, but leading and trailing whitespaces removed).

## Method Details

### containsKey

public boolean containsKey(String itemName)
Returns `true` if this `CompositeType` instance defines an item whose name is itemName.

Parameters:
  `itemName` - the name of the item.
Returns:
  true if an item of this name is present.

### getDescription

public String getDescription(String itemName)
Returns the description of the item whose name is itemName, or `null` if this `CompositeType` instance does not define any item whose name is itemName.

Parameters:
  `itemName` - the name of the item.
Returns:
  the description.

### getType

public OpenType<?> getType(String itemName)
Returns the open type of the item whose name is itemName, or `null` if this `CompositeType` instance does not define any item whose name is itemName.

Parameters:
  `itemName` - the name of the time.
Returns:
  the type.

### keySet

public Set<String> keySet()
Returns an unmodifiable Set view of all the item names defined by this `CompositeType` instance. The set's iterator will return the item names in ascending order.

Returns:
  a `Set` of `String`.

### isValue

public boolean isValue(Object obj)
Tests whether obj is a value which could be described by this `CompositeType` instance.

If obj is null or is not an instance of `javax.management.openmbean.CompositeData`, `isValue` returns `false`.

If obj is an instance of `javax.management.openmbean.CompositeData`, then let `ct` be its `CompositeType` as returned by `CompositeData.getCompositeType()`. The result is true if `this` is assignable from `ct`. This means that:

- `this.getTypeName()` equals `ct.getTypeName()`, and
- there are no item names present in `this` that are not also present in `ct`, and
- for every item in `this`, its type is assignable from the type of the corresponding item in `ct`.

A `TabularType` is assignable from another `TabularType` if they have the same typeName and index name list, and the row type of the first is assignable from the row type of the second.

An `ArrayType` is assignable from another `ArrayType` if they have the same dimension; and both are primitive arrays or neither is; and the element type of the first is assignable from the element type of the second.

In every other case, an `OpenType` is assignable from another `OpenType` only if they are equal.

These rules mean that extra items can be added to a `CompositeData` without making it invalid for a `CompositeType` that does not have those items.

Specified by:
  `isValue` in class `OpenType<CompositeData>`
Parameters:
  `obj` - the value whose open type is to be tested for compatibility with this `CompositeType` instance.
Returns:
  `true` if obj is a value for this composite type, `false` otherwise.

### equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Compares the specified `obj` parameter with this `CompositeType` instance for equality.

Two `CompositeType` instances are equal if and only if all of the following statements are true:

- their type names are equal
- their items' names and types are equal

Specified by:
  `equals` in class `OpenType<CompositeData>`
Parameters:
  `obj` - the object to be compared for equality with this `CompositeType` instance; if obj is `null`, `equals` returns `false`.
Returns:
  `true` if the specified object is equal to this `CompositeType` instance.
See Also:
  - `Object.hashCode()`
  - `HashMap`

### hashCode

public int hashCode()
Returns the hash code value for this `CompositeType` instance.

The hash code of a `CompositeType` instance is the sum of the hash codes of all elements of information used in `equals` comparisons (ie: name, items names, items types). This ensures that `t1.equals(t2)` implies that `t1.hashCode()==t2.hashCode()` for any two `CompositeType` instances `t1` and `t2`, as required by the general contract of the method `Object.hashCode()`.

As `CompositeType` instances are immutable, the hash code for this instance is calculated once, on the first call to `hashCode`, and then the same value is returned for subsequent calls.

Overrides:
  `hashCode` in class `Object`
Returns:
  the hash code value for this `CompositeType` instance
See Also:
  - `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`
  - `System.identityHashCode(Object)`

### toString

public String toString()
Returns a string representation of this `CompositeType` instance.

The string representation consists of the name of this class (ie `javax.management.openmbean.CompositeType`), the type name for this instance, and the list of the items names and types string representation of this instance.

As `CompositeType` instances are immutable, the string representation for this instance is calculated once, on the first call to `toString`, and then the same value is returned for subsequent calls.

Specified by:
  `toString` in class `OpenType<CompositeData>`
Returns:
  a string representation of this `CompositeType` instance