ByteString (Pentaho Community Edition Project: mondrian 9.4.0.0-343 API)

java.lang.Object
- mondrian.util.ByteString

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ByteString>
```
public class ByteString
extends Object
implements Comparable<ByteString>, Serializable
```
Collection of bytes.
ByteString is to bytes what String is to chars: It is immutable, implements equality (hashCode and equals), comparison (compareTo) and serialization correctly.

Author:

jhyde

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ByteString(byte[] bytes)
Creates a ByteString.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`byte`	`byteAt(int i)`	Returns the byte at a given position in the byte string.
`Object`	`clone()`
`int`	`compareTo(ByteString that)`
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`int`	`length()`	Returns the number of bytes in this byte string.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns this byte string in hexadecimal format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ByteString
```
public ByteString(byte[] bytes)
```
    Creates a ByteString.
    
    Parameters:
    
    bytes - Bytes
- Method Detail
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object obj)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - compareTo
```
public int compareTo(ByteString that)
```
    Specified by:
    
    compareTo in interface Comparable<ByteString>
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns this byte string in hexadecimal format.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    Hexadecimal string
  - clone
```
public Object clone()
```
    Overrides:
    
    clone in class Object
  - length
```
public int length()
```
    Returns the number of bytes in this byte string.
    
    Returns:
    
    Length of this byte string
  - byteAt
```
public byte byteAt(int i)
```
    Returns the byte at a given position in the byte string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    i - Index
    
    Returns:
    
    Byte at given position
    
    Throws:
    
    IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index argument is negative or not less than length()