com.meyling.principia.module
Class SimpleModuleCreator

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--com.meyling.principia.module.SimpleModuleCreator

public final class SimpleModuleCreator

extends Object

This class provides static methods for reading and writing an Argument of the module package.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Michael Meyling

Constructor Summary

SimpleModuleCreator()

Method Summary

(package private) static void	() Make attribut initialization.
static Map	getMap() Get the mapping of Strings to operator classes.
static String	getName(Class c) Get name of known operator class.
static Argument	readArgument(TextInput input, ParsingTable parsing) Create an Argument out of an TextInput object.
static String	writeArgument(Argument argument) Write an Argument to an String.
static void	writeArgument(Output output, Argument argument) Write an Argument to an Output object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleModuleCreator

public SimpleModuleCreator()

Method Detail

static void ()

Make attribut initialization.

getMap

public static final Map getMap()

Get the mapping of Strings to operator classes. The returned Map should not be modified.

Returns:

mapping of known Strings, do not change this Map

getName

public static final String getName(Class c)
                            throws IllegalArgumentException

Get name of known operator class.

Parameters:

c - look for name of this class

Returns:

name of operator class

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if operator class c is unknown

readArgument

public static final Argument readArgument(TextInput input,
                                          ParsingTable parsing)
                                   throws ParsingException

Create an Argument out of an TextInput object.

Parameters:

input - source to read from

parsing - maps Arguments into Positions

Returns:

new generated Argument

Throws:

ParsingException - if creation failed

writeArgument

public static final void writeArgument(Output output,
                                       Argument argument)
                                throws IllegalArgumentException

Write an Argument to an Output object.

Parameters:

output - destination to write to

argument - this object will be written

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if writing failed

writeArgument

public static final String writeArgument(Argument argument)
                                  throws IllegalArgumentException

Write an Argument to an String.

Parameters:

argument - this object will be written

Returns:

created string

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if writing failed