org.licas.parsers.types

Class HashtableParser

java.lang.Object

org.licas.parsers.types.ListParser

org.licas.parsers.types.HashtableParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

public class HashtableParser
extends ListParser

This class parses standard Hashtable structures. This includes parsing nested lists and any objects that they might store.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.licas.parsers.types.ListParser

ARRAYCLASS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	elementToHashtable(java.util.Hashtable data, org.licas_xml.abs.Element paramXml) Parse the information to return a ArrayList of the values.
static void	hashtableToElement(java.util.Hashtable data, org.licas_xml.abs.Element rootElem) Parse a ArrayList to generate an xml representation.
java.lang.Object	parse(org.licas_xml.abs.Element toParse) Parse the information to return a list of the values.
org.licas_xml.abs.Element	serialize(java.lang.Object toSerialize) Parse a Hashtable to generate an xml representation.

Methods inherited from class org.licas.parsers.types.ListParser

createAddListObject, createAddMapObject, isList

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HashtableParser

public HashtableParser()

Creates a new instance of HashtableParser

Method Detail

parse

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

Parse the information to return a list of the values.

Parameters:

toParse - a description of the data.

Returns:

a ArrayList with real values contained.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

serialize

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

Parse a Hashtable to generate an xml representation.

Parameters:

toSerialize - the data list.

Returns:

an element if a list or the original object if not a list.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

elementToHashtable

public static void elementToHashtable(java.util.Hashtable data,
                                      org.licas_xml.abs.Element paramXml)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Parse the information to return a ArrayList of the values.

Parameters:

data - the Hashtable to store the data in.

paramXml - a description of the Const.PARAMETER data.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

hashtableToElement

public static void hashtableToElement(java.util.Hashtable data,
                                      org.licas_xml.abs.Element rootElem)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Parse a ArrayList to generate an xml representation.

Parameters:

data - the data Hashtable.

rootElem - the root element.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.