de.dante.extex.interpreter.primitives.register.dimen
Class DimenParameter

java.lang.Object
  de.dante.extex.interpreter.type.AbstractCode
      de.dante.extex.interpreter.type.AbstractAssignment
          de.dante.extex.interpreter.primitives.register.dimen.AbstractDimen
              de.dante.extex.interpreter.primitives.register.dimen.DimenPrimitive
                  de.dante.extex.interpreter.primitives.register.dimen.DimenParameter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Advanceable, Code, Configurable, CountConvertible, DimenConvertible, Divideable, ExpandableCode, InitializableCode, Localizable, Multiplyable, java.io.Serializable, Theable

public class DimenParameter

extends DimenPrimitive

implements InitializableCode, Configurable

This class provides an implementation for the primitive \dimen. It sets the named length register to the value given, and as a side effect all prefixes are zeroed.

Example

 \day=345
 

Version:

$Revision: 1.13 $

Author:

Gerd Neugebauer

See Also:

Serialized Form

serialVersionUID

protected static final long serialVersionUID

The constant serialVersionUID contains the id for serialization.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DimenParameter

public DimenParameter(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new object.

Parameters:

name - the name for debugging

configure

public void configure(Configuration config)
               throws ConfigurationException

Description copied from interface: Configurable

Configure an object according to a given Configuration.

Specified by:

configure in interface Configurable

Parameters:

config - the configuration object to consider

Throws:

ConfigurationException - in case that something went wrong

See Also:

Configurable.configure( de.dante.util.framework.configuration.Configuration)

getKey

protected java.lang.String getKey(Context context,
                                  TokenSource source,
                                  Typesetter typesetter)

Return the key (the name of the primitive) for the register.

Overrides:

getKey in class AbstractDimen

Parameters:

context - the interpreter context to use

source - the source for new tokens

typesetter - the typesetter

Returns:

the key for the current register

See Also:

AbstractDimen.getKey( de.dante.extex.interpreter.context.Context, de.dante.extex.interpreter.TokenSource, de.dante.extex.typesetter.Typesetter)

init

public void init(Context context,
                 TokenSource source,
                 Typesetter typesetter)
          throws InterpreterException

Initialize the Code with some value coming from a Token source.

Specified by:

init in interface InitializableCode

Parameters:

context - the interpreter context

source - the source of information for the initialization

typesetter - the typesetter

Throws:

InterpreterException - in case of an error

See Also:

InitializableCode.init( de.dante.extex.interpreter.context.Context, TokenSource, Typesetter)