pl.edu.agh.cast.data.converter
Class AbstractConverter

java.lang.Object
  pl.edu.agh.cast.data.converter.AbstractConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

GDM2SchemaConverter

public abstract class AbstractConverter
extends Object
implements IConverter

Abstract implementation of IConverter interface.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

See Also:

IConverter

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractConverter(ConverterSpecification specification) Constructor.

Method Summary

<T extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> T	convert(List<? extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> dataSets) Converts given input data sets into a new output data set.
<T extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> T	convert(MultiMap<ConverterInputEntry,? extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> dataSets) Converts given input data sets into a new output data set.
protected abstract <T extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> T	doConvert(MultiMap<ConverterInputEntry,? extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> dataSets)
ConverterSpecification	getSpecification() Returns the converter specification.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractConverter

protected AbstractConverter(ConverterSpecification specification)

Constructor.

Parameters:

specification - converter specification

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if specification is null

Method Detail

convert

public <T extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> T convert(List<? extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> dataSets)
                                               throws ConverterException

Converts given input data sets into a new output data set.

Specified by:

convert in interface IConverter

Type Parameters:

T - the type of conversion output data set

Parameters:

dataSets - a list of data sets

Returns:

an instance of a data set of the same type as returned by the #getOutputType() method

Throws:

ConverterException - if the input data sets do not conform to the input entry specification or a data set conversion failed

See Also:

IConverter.convert(java.util.List)

convert

public final <T extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> T convert(MultiMap<ConverterInputEntry,? extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> dataSets)
                                                     throws ConverterException

Converts given input data sets into a new output data set.

Specified by:

convert in interface IConverter

Type Parameters:

T - the type of conversion output data set

Parameters:

dataSets - a map of data sets indexed by the input entries returned by the #getInputEntries() method

Returns:

an instance of a data set of the same type as returned by the #getOutputType() method

Throws:

ConverterException - if the input data sets do not conform to the input entry specification or a data set conversion failed

See Also:

pl.edu.agh.cast.data.converter.IConverter#convert(pl.edu.agh.cast.common.collections.collections.MultiMap)

doConvert

protected abstract <T extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> T doConvert(MultiMap<ConverterInputEntry,? extends IDataSet<? extends IElement>> dataSets)
                                                             throws ConverterException

Throws:

ConverterException

getSpecification

public final ConverterSpecification getSpecification()

Returns the converter specification.

Specified by:

getSpecification in interface IConverter

Returns:

the converter specification

See Also:

IConverter.getSpecification()