nz.ac.waikato.cms.jenericcmdline

Interface Processor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProcessor, DefaultProcessor

public interface Processor

Interface for classes that process commandlines.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	fromCommandline(String s) Turns the commandline back into an object.
String[]	getOptions(Object obj) Returns the options from the object.
void	setOptions(Object obj, String[] options) Sets the options for the object.
String	toCommandline(Object obj) Turns the object into a commandline.

Method Detail

toCommandline

String toCommandline(Object obj)
              throws Exception

Turns the object into a commandline.

Parameters:

obj - the object to convert

Returns:

the commandline, including classname

Throws:

Exception - if failed to convert

fromCommandline

Object fromCommandline(String s)
                throws Exception

Turns the commandline back into an object.

Parameters:

s - the commandline

Returns:

the recreated object

Throws:

Exception - if failed to create object

getOptions

String[] getOptions(Object obj)
             throws Exception

Returns the options from the object.

Parameters:

obj - the object to get the options from

Returns:

the options

Throws:

Exception - if failed to get options

setOptions

void setOptions(Object obj,
                String[] options)
         throws Exception

Sets the options for the object.

Parameters:

obj - the object to update the options for

options - the options to set

Throws:

Exception - if failed to set options