org.licas.parsers.types

Class HashMapParser

java.lang.Object

org.licas.parsers.types.ListParser

org.licas.parsers.types.HashMapParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.ai_heuristic.def.ParserDef

public class HashMapParser
extends ListParser

This class parses standard HashMap structures. This includes parsing nested lists and any objects that they might store.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.licas.parsers.types.ListParser

ARRAYCLASS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HashMapParser() Creates a new instance of HashMapParser

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	elementToHashMap(java.util.HashMap data, org.licas_xml.abs.Element paramXml) Parse the information to return a HashMap of the values.
static void	hashMapToElement(java.util.HashMap data, org.licas_xml.abs.Element rootElem) Parse a HashMap to generate an xml representation.
java.lang.Object	parse(org.licas_xml.abs.Element toParse) Parse the information to return a list of the values.
org.licas_xml.abs.Element	serialize(java.lang.Object toSerialize) Parse a HashMap to generate an xml representation.

Methods inherited from class org.licas.parsers.types.ListParser

createAddListObject, createAddMapObject, isList

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HashMapParser

public HashMapParser()

Creates a new instance of HashMapParser

Method Detail

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(org.licas_xml.abs.Element toParse)
                       throws java.lang.Exception

Parse the information to return a list of the values.

Parameters:

toParse - a description of the data.

Returns:

a HashMap with real values contained.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

serialize

public org.licas_xml.abs.Element serialize(java.lang.Object toSerialize)
                                    throws java.lang.Exception

Parse a HashMap to generate an xml representation.

Parameters:

toSerialize - the data list.

Returns:

an element if a list or the original object if not a list.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

elementToHashMap

public static void elementToHashMap(java.util.HashMap data,
                                    org.licas_xml.abs.Element paramXml)
                             throws java.lang.Exception

Parse the information to return a HashMap of the values.

Parameters:

data - the HashMap to store the data in.

paramXml - a description of the Const.PARAMETER data.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.

hashMapToElement

public static void hashMapToElement(java.util.HashMap data,
                                    org.licas_xml.abs.Element rootElem)
                             throws java.lang.Exception

Parse a HashMap to generate an xml representation.

Parameters:

data - the data HashMap.

rootElem - the root element.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.