org.licas.parsers.types

Class FileObjectParser

java.lang.Object

org.licas.parsers.types.FileObjectParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

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

This class parses a FileObject to or from XML.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	parse(org.licas_xml.abs.Element fileXml) Parse the xml element to return the java object.
org.licas_xml.abs.Element	serialize(java.lang.Object nextObj) Convert the file object into xml format if a parser exists.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileObjectParser

public FileObjectParser()

Creates a new instance of FileObjectParser

Method Detail

parse

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

Parse the xml element to return the java object.

Specified by:

parse in interface org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

Parameters:

fileXml - a description of the file object.

Returns:

the xml elements or the original String if not xml.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

serialize

public org.licas_xml.abs.Element serialize(java.lang.Object nextObj)

Convert the file object into xml format if a parser exists.

Specified by:

serialize in interface org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

Parameters:

nextObj - the object to convert.

Returns:

the object converted into an XML-based description.