Symbol

java.lang.Object
- symbols.Symbol

```
public final class Symbol
extends java.lang.Object
```
The Symbol class is used to store information about variables declared during compilation.
The name, value, and data type of a variable is stored in a Symbol object, which is then stored in an instance of SymbolTable.

Since:

1.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`Symbol(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value, ObjectType type)`	Constructs a Symbol object initialised with its name, value, and data type.
`Symbol(java.lang.String name, ObjectType type)`	Constructs a Symbol object initialised with its name and data type.

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Symbol
```
public Symbol(java.lang.String name,
              java.lang.Object value,
              ObjectType type)
```
    Constructs a Symbol object initialised with its name, value, and data type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name of the symbol
    
    value - The value of the symbol
    
    type - The data type of the symbol
  - Symbol
```
public Symbol(java.lang.String name,
              ObjectType type)
```
    Constructs a Symbol object initialised with its name and data type.
    The value field automatically defaults to an empty value based on the data type parameter: - INTEGER_OBJECT is 0 - DOUBLE_OBJECT is 0.0 - BOOLEAN_OBJECT is false - STRING_OBJECT is an empty String
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name of the symbol
    
    type - The data type of the symbol