org.licas.parsers.types

Class DateParser

java.lang.Object

org.licas.parsers.types.DateParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

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

This class serialises and parses a Date object to or from XML.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateParser() Creates a new instance of DateParser

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	parse(org.licas_xml.abs.Element toParse) Parse an XML description of a Date object back into a Java object.
org.licas_xml.abs.Element	serialize(java.lang.Object toSerialize) Serialize a Date object to XML.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateParser

public DateParser()

Creates a new instance of DateParser

Method Detail

serialize

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

Serialize a Date object to XML.

Specified by:

serialize in interface org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

Parameters:

toSerialize - the ByteArray object to serialize.

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 an XML description of a Date object back into a Java object.

Specified by:

parse in interface org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

Parameters:

toParse - the XML description to parse.

Returns:

the Date object that is created.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.