byucc.edif
Class EdifDesign

java.lang.Object
  byucc.edif.NamedPropertyObject
      byucc.edif.EdifDesign

All Implemented Interfaces:

EdifOut, Nameable, Properties, java.io.Serializable

public class EdifDesign

extends NamedPropertyObject

implements EdifOut, java.io.Serializable

Represents an EdifDesign within an EdifEnvironment object. An EdifDesign identifies the cell instance at the top level of the hierarchy of an Edif file. A design has a name (renamed if necessary), properties, and a top cell instance.

Version:

$Id: EdifDesign.java,v 1.14 2004/08/27 19:16:42 tsa6 Exp $

Author:

Welson Sun, Mike Wirthlin, Tyler Anderson

See Also:

EdifEnvironment, Serialized Form

Field Summary

private EdifCellInstance

_topCellInstance The top EdifCellInstance of this design.

Fields inherited from class byucc.edif.NamedPropertyObject

Constructor Summary

EdifDesign(EdifNameable name)
Constructs an empty, named EdifDesign Object

EdifDesign(java.lang.String name)
Constructs an empty, named EdifDesign Object

Method Summary

EdifCellInstance	getTopCellInstance() Returns the top cell instance of this design.
void	setTopCellInstance(EdifCellInstance cellInstance) Sets the top EdifCellInstance of this design.
void	toEdif(EdifPrintWriter epw) Converts this Object to EDIF format, and writes it the passed-in EdifPrintWriter.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of this Object.

Methods inherited from class byucc.edif.NamedPropertyObject

addProperty, addProperty, equals, equalsProperties, getEdifNameable, getName, getProperty, getPropertyList, rename, rename

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_topCellInstance

private EdifCellInstance _topCellInstance

The top EdifCellInstance of this design.

Constructor Detail

EdifDesign

public EdifDesign(java.lang.String name)

Constructs an empty, named EdifDesign Object

Parameters:

name - The name of this EdifDesign Object

EdifDesign

public EdifDesign(EdifNameable name)

Constructs an empty, named EdifDesign Object

Parameters:

name - The Object that holds name information for this EdifDesign Object

Method Detail

getTopCellInstance

public EdifCellInstance getTopCellInstance()

Returns the top cell instance of this design.

Returns:

an EdifCellInstance Object that refers to the top EdifCell of this design

setTopCellInstance

public void setTopCellInstance(EdifCellInstance cellInstance)

Sets the top EdifCellInstance of this design.

Parameters:

cellInstance - The EdifCellInstance Object that this EdifDesign Object will refer to

toEdif

public void toEdif(EdifPrintWriter epw)

Converts this Object to EDIF format, and writes it the passed-in EdifPrintWriter.

Specified by:

toEdif in interface EdifOut

Parameters:

epw - The EdifPrintWriter Object that will write this Object's EDIF data to

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of this Object.

Returns:

A String representing this object, and the top EdifCellInstance