nz.ac.waikato.cms.jenericcmdline.handlers

Class StringHandler

java.lang.Object

nz.ac.waikato.cms.jenericcmdline.handlers.AbstractHandler

nz.ac.waikato.cms.jenericcmdline.handlers.StringHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Handler

public class StringHandler
extends AbstractHandler

Handler String objects.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nz.ac.waikato.cms.jenericcmdline.handlers.AbstractHandler

m_Logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringHandler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	fromString(Class base, String s) Parses the string and turns it back into an object.
boolean	handles(Class cls) Checks whether the class can be handled.
String	toString(Object obj) Turns the object into its string representation.

Methods inherited from class nz.ac.waikato.cms.jenericcmdline.handlers.AbstractHandler

getHandlers, getLogger, handles

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringHandler

public StringHandler()

Method Detail

handles

public boolean handles(Class cls)

Checks whether the class can be handled.

Parameters:

cls - the class to check

Returns:

true if can be handled

toString

public String toString(Object obj)

Turns the object into its string representation.

Parameters:

obj - the object to convert

Returns:

the string representation

fromString

public Object fromString(Class base,
                         String s)
                  throws Exception

Parses the string and turns it back into an object.

Parameters:

base - the base class

s - the string to parse

Returns:

the generated object

Throws:

Exception - if failed to parse