de.janrufmonitor.repository.filter
Class AbstractFilterSerializer

java.lang.Object
  de.janrufmonitor.repository.filter.AbstractFilterSerializer

public abstract class AbstractFilterSerializer
extends Object

This class is an abstract implementation of a filter serializer. It has to be implemented by a concrete class.

Author:

Thilo Brandt

Constructor Summary

AbstractFilterSerializer()

Method Summary

IFilter	getFilterFromString(String fstring) Transforms a String representation of a filter into an IFilter object.
IFilter[]	getFiltersFromString(String s) Transforms a String representation of a list of filters into an IFilter[] object.
String	getFiltersToString(IFilter[] filters) Transforms a IFilter[] object into a string representation
String	getFilterToString(IFilter f) Transforms a IFilter object into a string representation
protected abstract IRuntime	getRuntime() Returns the current IRuntime, this implementation is using.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractFilterSerializer

public AbstractFilterSerializer()

Method Detail

getFilterFromString

public IFilter getFilterFromString(String fstring)

Transforms a String representation of a filter into an IFilter object.

Parameters:

fstring - string representation of the filter

Returns:

a valid IFilter object or null, if string is invalid.

getFiltersFromString

public IFilter[] getFiltersFromString(String s)

Transforms a String representation of a list of filters into an IFilter[] object.

Parameters:

s - string representation of a filter list

Returns:

a valid IFilter[] object or null, if string is invalid.

getFilterToString

public String getFilterToString(IFilter f)

Transforms a IFilter object into a string representation

Parameters:

f - a valid IFilter object, should not be null

Returns:

a string representation of the filter.

getFiltersToString

public String getFiltersToString(IFilter[] filters)

Transforms a IFilter[] object into a string representation

Parameters:

filters - a valid IFilter[] object, should not be null

Returns:

a string representation of a list of filters.

getRuntime

protected abstract IRuntime getRuntime()

Returns the current IRuntime, this implementation is using. In standard case this should return PIMRuntime.getInstance().

Returns:

a valid IRuntime instance