com.meyling.principia.argument
Class ArgumentCreator

java.lang.Object
  com.meyling.principia.argument.ArgumentCreator

public final class ArgumentCreator

extends Object

This class provides static methods for reading and writing an Argument.

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $

Author:

Michael Meyling

Constructor Summary

ArgumentCreator()

Method Summary

static Argument	createArgument(Class kind, Argument[] argument) Creates a new Argument.
static Argument	readArgument(TextInput input, Map string2class, ParsingTable parsing) Create an Argument out of an TextInput object.
static String	writeArgument(Argument argument, Map class2string) Write an Argument to an String.
static void	writeArgument(Output output, Argument argument, Map class2string) Write an Argument to an Output object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ArgumentCreator

public ArgumentCreator()

Method Detail

createArgument

public static final Argument createArgument(Class kind,
                                            Argument[] argument)
                                     throws IllegalArgumentException,
                                            ArgumentException

Creates a new Argument. Could't create a new Counter or a Text.

Parameters:

kind - class to generate

argument - argument for constructor of that class

Returns:

new generated Argument

Throws:

ArgumentException - if creation failed

IllegalArgumentException - if creation failed because of a programming error

readArgument

public static final Argument readArgument(TextInput input,
                                          Map string2class,
                                          ParsingTable parsing)
                                   throws ParsingException

Create an Argument out of an TextInput object.

Parameters:

input - source to read from

string2class - use this mapping for parsing

parsing - for saving positions of created arguments

Returns:

created argument

Throws:

ParsingException - if creation failed

writeArgument

public static final void writeArgument(Output output,
                                       Argument argument,
                                       Map class2string)
                                throws IllegalArgumentException

Write an Argument to an Output object.

Parameters:

output - destination to write to

argument - this object will be written

class2string - use this mapping for getting a string

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if writing failed

writeArgument

public static final String writeArgument(Argument argument,
                                         Map class2string)
                                  throws IllegalArgumentException

Write an Argument to an String.

Parameters:

argument - this object will be written

class2string - use this mapping for getting a string

Returns:

created string

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if writing failed