biz.chitec.quarterback.gjsa
Interface ClassParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassParsers.ByteArrayCP, ClassParsers.EDateCP, ClassParsers.GenericListCP, ClassParsers.GenericMapCP, ClassParsers.LocaleCP, ClassParsers.LogicExprCP, ClassParsers.NumberedStringCP, ClassParsers.QuickIntArrayCP, ClassParsers.ServerReplyCP, ClassParsers.ServerRequestCP, ClassParsers.SmartCompareExprCP, ClassParsers.TimeZoneCP, ClassParsers.ValueHistoryStorageCP, ClassParsers.VHSValueMarkCP

public interface ClassParser

Interface for additional class parsers for the object parsing mechanisms of tha GJSA.

Version:

$Id: 0d9a45a6661006c11891311cd44d926e67d5d76c $

Author:

Dirk Hillbrecht 1997-1999, chitec/Dirk Hillbrecht 2000. Distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getID() Returns a String ID for the object.
java.lang.String	obj2Str(java.lang.Object obj) This method should convert a given object into a string representation.
java.lang.Object	str2Obj(Str2ObjParamParser sopp) Converts a string representation into a Java object.

Method Detail

obj2Str

public java.lang.String obj2Str(java.lang.Object obj)

This method should convert a given object into a string representation. It must retrun null if the object cannot be handled by this parser. Otherwise, it must return only the internal values of the object.

Parameters:

obj - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

str2Obj

public java.lang.Object str2Obj(Str2ObjParamParser sopp)

Converts a string representation into a Java object. This method needs to create an object of its class and fill it with the values that are given through the Str2ObjParamParser. The ClassParser may use all of Str2ObjParamParser's internal methods, esp. parseObject() which may enter a recursive step.

Parameters:

sopp - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

getID

public java.lang.String getID()

Returns a String ID for the object. The ID must be unique and should be short.

Returns:

The iD value