org.licas.data.gen

Class ObjectDataGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.licas.data.gen.DataGenerator

org.licas.data.gen.ObjectDataGenerator

public class ObjectDataGenerator
extends DataGenerator

This class can generate a java object for testing purposes. A new instance of this class will parse the file specified into a java object, if a parser is available.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.lang.String	urlPath The path to a file to parse.

Fields inherited from class org.licas.data.gen.DataGenerator

adminXml, dataType, maxValue, minValue, rnd, seed

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectDataGenerator(org.licas_xml.abs.Element adminXml) Create a new instance of ObjectDataGenerator.
ObjectDataGenerator(long thisSeed, java.lang.String thisDataType) Create a new instance of ObjectDataGenerator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static boolean	dataTypeOK(java.lang.String theDataType) Return true if the data type is allowed by the data generator.
java.lang.Object	getNextValue() Generate the next data value.
void	parseGenXml(org.licas_xml.abs.Element genXml) Parse the data generator script to set the appropriate variable values.
void	setDataType(java.lang.String thisDataType) Set the object data type, or its class name.
void	setUrlPath(java.lang.String thisUrlPath) Set the file path to the file to parse.

Methods inherited from class org.licas.data.gen.DataGenerator

conditionsToXml, conditionsToXml, conditionsToXml, generateStringRange, getBaseElement, getDataType, getGeneratorClass, isAllowedDataType, setMaxValue, setMinValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

urlPath

protected java.lang.String urlPath

The path to a file to parse.

Constructor Detail

ObjectDataGenerator

public ObjectDataGenerator(long thisSeed,
                           java.lang.String thisDataType)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

Create a new instance of ObjectDataGenerator.

Parameters:

thisDataType - the generator data type.

thisSeed - to seed a random number generator. Can be 0 if not used.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

ObjectDataGenerator

public ObjectDataGenerator(org.licas_xml.abs.Element adminXml)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

Create a new instance of ObjectDataGenerator.

Parameters:

adminXml - a script including the value ranges for the data. This would now be a full admin script, with an Const.PARAMETERS section for these values.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

Method Detail

parseGenXml

public void parseGenXml(org.licas_xml.abs.Element genXml)

Parse the data generator script to set the appropriate variable values.

Specified by:

parseGenXml in class DataGenerator

Parameters:

genXml - the script to parse

getNextValue

public java.lang.Object getNextValue()
                              throws java.lang.Exception

Generate the next data value.

Specified by:

getNextValue in class DataGenerator

Returns:

the next randomly generated data value.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

setDataType

public void setDataType(java.lang.String thisDataType)

Set the object data type, or its class name.

Parameters:

thisDataType - the object data type.

setUrlPath

public void setUrlPath(java.lang.String thisUrlPath)

Set the file path to the file to parse.

Parameters:

thisUrlPath - the path to the object file to parse.

dataTypeOK

protected static boolean dataTypeOK(java.lang.String theDataType)

Return true if the data type is allowed by the data generator. True for this generator, for any data type.

Parameters:

theDataType - the data type to check for.

Returns:

true if this data generator can generate value of that type.