org.lsst.ccs.shell
Class InputConversionEngine

java.lang.Object
  org.lsst.ccs.shell.InputConversionEngine

public class InputConversionEngine
extends Object

This thing is responsible for converting strings to objects. Elementary types can be handled by itself, and arbitrary types can be handled by registering InputConverter instances. It also gets all converters declared in a handler object through addDeclaredConverters method. Used by Shell and will also be used by ShellCommand.

Author:

ASG

Constructor Summary

InputConversionEngine()

Method Summary

void	addConverter(InputConverter converter)
void	addDeclaredConverters(Object handler)
Object	convertInput(String string, Class aClass)
Object[]	convertToParameters(List<Token> tokens, Class[] paramClasses, boolean isVarArgs)
boolean	removeConverter(InputConverter converter)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InputConversionEngine

public InputConversionEngine()

Method Detail

addConverter

public void addConverter(InputConverter converter)

removeConverter

public boolean removeConverter(InputConverter converter)

convertInput

public Object convertInput(String string,
                           Class aClass)
                    throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

convertToParameters

public final Object[] convertToParameters(List<Token> tokens,
                                          Class[] paramClasses,
                                          boolean isVarArgs)
                                   throws TokenException

Throws:

TokenException

addDeclaredConverters

public void addDeclaredConverters(Object handler)