org.licas.parsers.admin

Class ServiceMetaParser

java.lang.Object

org.licas.parsers.admin.ServiceMetaParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

public class ServiceMetaParser
extends java.lang.Object
implements org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

This provides methods to parse a service and return only its ServiceMeta description.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ServiceMetaParser() Create a new instance of ServiceMetaParser.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	parse(org.licas_xml.abs.Element toParse) Parse the XML description back into the ServiceMeta object.
org.licas_xml.abs.Element	serialize(java.lang.Object toSerialize) Serialise the object of type ServiceMeta into XML.
org.licas_xml.abs.Element	serialize(java.lang.Object toSerialize, boolean permLinks) Serialise the object of type ServiceMeta into XML.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ServiceMetaParser

public ServiceMetaParser()

Create a new instance of ServiceMetaParser.

Method Detail

serialize

public org.licas_xml.abs.Element serialize(java.lang.Object toSerialize)
                                    throws java.lang.Exception

Serialise the object of type ServiceMeta into XML. Automatically serializes the permanent links.

Specified by:

serialize in interface org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

Parameters:

toSerialize - the service meta object of type ServiceMeta.

Returns:

an XML description of the object.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

serialize

public org.licas_xml.abs.Element serialize(java.lang.Object toSerialize,
                                           boolean permLinks)
                                    throws java.lang.Exception

Serialise the object of type ServiceMeta into XML.

Parameters:

toSerialize - the service meta object of type ServiceMeta.

permLinks - if true serialize the permanent inks as well (link/association). The dynamic links need to be serialized separately.

Returns:

an XML description of the object.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(org.licas_xml.abs.Element toParse)
                       throws java.lang.Exception

Parse the XML description back into the ServiceMeta object.

Specified by:

parse in interface org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

Parameters:

toParse - the XML description to parse.

Returns:

the ServiceMeta object with nested meta descriptions.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.