org.licas.parsers.types

Class ListParser

java.lang.Object

org.licas.parsers.types.ListParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrayListParser, HashMapParser, HashtableParser, LinkedHashMapParser, LinkedListParser, VectorParser

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

This class parses standard list structures of simple types or other list structures. This class is extended by the HashMap and the ArrayList parsers.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	ARRAYCLASS Defines an array class

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static void	createAddListObject(java.util.List data, java.lang.String type, java.lang.String value, org.licas_xml.abs.Element rootElem) Create and add the object as specified by the parameters.
protected static void	createAddMapObject(java.util.Map data, java.lang.String type, java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value, org.licas_xml.abs.Element rootElem) Create and add the object as specified by the parameters.
static boolean	isList(java.lang.Class param1, org.licas_xml.abs.Element xmlElem) Return true if the xml element is a parsed list of the same type as the class passed in.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

parse, serialize

Field Detail

ARRAYCLASS

public static final java.lang.String ARRAYCLASS

Defines an array class

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ListParser

public ListParser()

Creates a new instance of ListParser

Method Detail

createAddListObject

protected static void createAddListObject(java.util.List data,
                                          java.lang.String type,
                                          java.lang.String value,
                                          org.licas_xml.abs.Element rootElem)
                                   throws java.lang.Exception

Create and add the object as specified by the parameters.

Parameters:

data - the list to store the data in.

type - the object type.

value - the object value if there is one.

rootElem - root element if need to parse further.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

createAddMapObject

protected static void createAddMapObject(java.util.Map data,
                                         java.lang.String type,
                                         java.lang.String key,
                                         java.lang.String value,
                                         org.licas_xml.abs.Element rootElem)
                                  throws java.lang.Exception

Create and add the object as specified by the parameters.

Parameters:

data - the map to store the data in.

type - the object type.

key - the entry key.

value - the object value if there is one.

rootElem - root element if need to parse further.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

isList

public static boolean isList(java.lang.Class param1,
                             org.licas_xml.abs.Element xmlElem)

Return true if the xml element is a parsed list of the same type as the class passed in. It should also be either a ArrayList, a HashMap or an Array[ of simple types String/Integer/Float/Double/Byte/Boolean.

Parameters:

param1 - the parameter class to compare.

xmlElem - the xml element.

Returns:

true if its root element contains the list type as an attribute.