pl.edu.agh.cast.importer.base.parser.analyzer
Interface IAnalyzer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDateAnalyzer, DateAnalyzer, DateAndTimeAnalyzer, DirectionAnalyzer, IntegerAnalyzer, StringAnalyzer, TimeAnalyzer

public interface IAnalyzer

Interface for classes responsible for syntactic analysis of a specified type of tokens, which allows for mapping of given Strings to appropriate Objects.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

Method Summary

List<Object>	analyze(String tokenToAnalyze) Analyzes a given token and returns an appropriate object.
IAnalyzer	createCopy() Creates a copy of the current analyzer.
List<Class<?>>	getReturnTypes() Retrieves the return types of the analyze(String) method.
boolean	isComplete() Checks whether current analyzer is fully configured - all necessary parameters are present and the the analysis process can be performed.
void	setDefaultValue(String defaultValue) Sets the default value for the analyzer.

Method Detail

analyze

List<Object> analyze(String tokenToAnalyze)
                     throws UnsupportedTokenException

Analyzes a given token and returns an appropriate object.

Parameters:

tokenToAnalyze - the token to analyze

Returns:

the list of analyzed objects

Throws:

UnsupportedTokenException

getReturnTypes

List<Class<?>> getReturnTypes()

Retrieves the return types of the analyze(String) method.

Returns:

analysis return types

createCopy

IAnalyzer createCopy()

Creates a copy of the current analyzer.

Returns:

analyzer of the same type and parameters set

setDefaultValue

void setDefaultValue(String defaultValue)

Sets the default value for the analyzer.

Parameters:

defaultValue - the analyzer's default value

isComplete

boolean isComplete()

Checks whether current analyzer is fully configured - all necessary parameters are present and the the analysis process can be performed.

Returns:

flag indicating the analyzer's completion state