Package adams.flow.core

Class AdditionalOptionsHandlerUtils

java.lang.Object

adams.flow.core.AdditionalOptionsHandlerUtils

public class AdditionalOptionsHandlerUtils
extends Object

Utility methods for classes implementing the AdditionalOptionsHandler interface.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

AdditionalOptionsHandler

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AdditionalOptionsHandlerUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AdditionalOptions	breakUpOptions(String optStr, Variables vars)	Breaks up the option string ("key=value [key=value ...]") into key value pairs and returns them in a hashtable.
static boolean	setOptions(Object obj, String optStr, Variables vars)	Sets the (additional) options, if the provided object implements the AdditionalOptionsHandler interface.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AdditionalOptionsHandlerUtils

public AdditionalOptionsHandlerUtils()

Method Detail

breakUpOptions

public static AdditionalOptions breakUpOptions(String optStr,
                                               Variables vars)
                                        throws Exception

Breaks up the option string ("key=value [key=value ...]") into key value pairs and returns them in a hashtable.

Parameters:

optStr - the option string

vars - the variables to expand

Returns:

the generated key=value relation

Throws:

Exception - if parsing of the options fails

setOptions

public static boolean setOptions(Object obj,
                                 String optStr,
                                 Variables vars)
                          throws Exception

Sets the (additional) options, if the provided object implements the AdditionalOptionsHandler interface.

Parameters:

obj - the object to set the options for

optStr - the options string to parse and then set

vars - the variables to expand

Returns:

true if options could be set

Throws:

Exception - if parsing of the options failed

See Also:

AdditionalOptionsHandler