How to use

getTypeShortForm

method

in

org.ccsds.moims.mo.mal.structures.Attribute

/**
 * Checks if an attribute is an Identifier, String or URI MAL data type
 *
 * @param obj The attribute
 * @return True if the object can be read as a string
 */
public static boolean isStringAttribute(Attribute obj) {
  Integer shortFormPart = obj.getTypeShortForm();
  if (shortFormPart == 6) { // Identifier
    return true;
  }
  if (shortFormPart == 15) { // String
    return true;
  }
  if (shortFormPart == 18) { // URI
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

@Override
public void encodeAttribute(final Attribute value) throws MALException
{
 try
 {
  checkForNull(value);
  outputStream.addByte(internalEncodeAttributeType(value.getTypeShortForm().byteValue()));
  value.encode(this);
 }
 catch (IOException ex)
 {
  throw new MALException(ENCODING_EXCEPTION_STR, ex);
 }
}

@Override
public void encodeAttribute(final Attribute value) throws MALException
{
 try
 {
  checkForNull(value);
  outputStream.addByte(internalEncodeAttributeType(value.getTypeShortForm().byteValue()));
  value.encode(this);
 }
 catch (IOException ex)
 {
  throw new MALException(ENCODING_EXCEPTION_STR, ex);
 }
}

public static double getDouble(Attribute attr) {
  int type = attr.getTypeShortForm();
  switch (type) {
    case Attribute._DOUBLE_TYPE_SHORT_FORM:
      //Already double.
      return ((Union) attr).getDoubleValue();
    case Attribute._SHORT_TYPE_SHORT_FORM:
      // Short.
      return ((Union) attr).getShortValue();
    case Attribute._USHORT_TYPE_SHORT_FORM:
      // UShort
      return ((UShort) attr).getValue();
    case Attribute._INTEGER_TYPE_SHORT_FORM:
      // Integer
      return ((Union) attr).getIntegerValue();
    case Attribute._UINTEGER_TYPE_SHORT_FORM:
      // UInteger
      return ((UInteger) attr).getValue();
    case Attribute._LONG_TYPE_SHORT_FORM:
      // Long
      return ((Union) attr).getLongValue();
  }
  return 0;
}

  arg.setRawType(Union.DOUBLE_TYPE_SHORT_FORM.byteValue());
} else {
  arg.setRawType(argumentValue.getValue().getTypeShortForm().byteValue()); // Check what is the type and stamp it

  pDef.setRawType(Union.DOUBLE_TYPE_SHORT_FORM.byteValue());
} else {
  pDef.setRawType(parameters.get(i).getParameterValue().getRawValue().getTypeShortForm().byteValue()); // Check what is the type and stamp it

if (compositeFilter.getFieldValue().getTypeShortForm() != 15) {  // Is it String?
  return false;

if (!newValue.getRawValue().getTypeShortForm().equals(new Integer(pDef.getRawType()))) {
  invIndexList.add(new UInteger(index));
  continue;

int defRawType = actionDef.getArguments().get(index).getRawType().intValue();
int defConvType = actionDef.getArguments().get(index).getConvertedType().intValue();
int instType = actionInstance.getArgumentValues().get(index).getValue().getTypeShortForm();
boolean isRawValue = (actionInstance.getIsRawValue() == null)
    || (actionInstance.getIsRawValue().get(index) == null)