org.gnu.readline

Class ReadlineLibrary

public final class ReadlineLibrary extends Object

This class implements a typesafe enumeration of the backing libraries.

Version: $Revision: 1.4 $

Author: $Author: bablokb $

Field Summary
static ReadlineLibrary	Editline Constant for Editline implementation.
static ReadlineLibrary	Getline Constant for Getline implementation.
static ReadlineLibrary	GnuReadline Constant for GNU-Readline implementation.
static ReadlineLibrary	PureJava Constant for fallback, pure Java implementation.

Method Summary
static ReadlineLibrary	byName(String name) Return ReadlineLibrary-object with given name.
String	getName() Query name of backing library.

Field Detail

Editline

public static final ReadlineLibrary Editline

Constant for Editline implementation.

Getline

public static final ReadlineLibrary Getline

Constant for Getline implementation.

GnuReadline

public static final ReadlineLibrary GnuReadline

Constant for GNU-Readline implementation.

PureJava

public static final ReadlineLibrary PureJava

Constant for fallback, pure Java implementation.

Method Detail

byName

public static ReadlineLibrary byName(String name)

Return ReadlineLibrary-object with given name.

Returns: one of the predefined constants

getName

public String getName()

Query name of backing library.

Returns: Name of backing library, or "PureJava", in case fallback implementation is used.

Released under the LGPL, (c) Bernhard Bablok, Henner Zeller 1998-2002
Homepage: http://java-readline.sourceforge.net/