IValueHolder (Intrexx 10.0 Velocity Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CalendarAwareDate, ChimeraDate, NowValueHolder
```
public interface IValueHolder<T>
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation()`	Get the canonical lexical representation of this value according to it's datatype.
`Object`	`getRawValue()`	Get the raw data that this value holder holds.
`QName`	`getType()`	The type of data this value holder holds.
`T`	`getValue()`	Get the data that this value holder holds.
`boolean`	`hasValue()`	Check if this value holder currently holds data or not.

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
QName getType()
```
    The type of data this value holder holds.
  - hasValue
```
boolean hasValue()
```
    Check if this value holder currently holds data or not.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the data holder holds data, or false otherwise.
  - getValue
```
T getValue()
```
    Get the data that this value holder holds.
    Implementations MUST ensure that multiple calls to this method will return values that equal each other.
    
    Returns:
    
    The data.
  - getRawValue
```
Object getRawValue()
```
    Get the raw data that this value holder holds.
    
    Returns:
    
    The raw data.
  - getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation
```
String getCanonicalLexicalRepresentation()
```
    Get the canonical lexical representation of this value according to it's datatype.
    
    Returns:
    
    The canonical lexical representation, or null if such a representation does not exist (e.g. if hasValue() returns false).