org.brains2b.struct

Class StructParser

java.lang.Object

org.brains2b.struct.StructParser

public class StructParser
extends java.lang.Object

Parser to read an input defined by a Reader and applying the rules to it which are in the group supplied.

Usually the Group supplied here is a RepeatGroup to read everything until the end of the output, but any StructGroup can be used to supply the beginning of the tree of rules

Version:

0.1 [08/22/2002]

Author:

dennis@brains2b.nl

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StructParser(java.io.Reader reader, StructGroup group) Constructor to create this Parser

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected StructGroup	getGroup() get the StructGroup used for this parser
protected java.io.Reader	getReader() get the Reader used for this parser
java.lang.Object	parse() start parsing the input through the set of rules

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StructParser

public StructParser(java.io.Reader reader,
                    StructGroup group)

Constructor to create this Parser

Parameters:

reader - Reader, the supplier of the input

group - StructGroup, the group of rules to apply to this input

Method Detail

parse

public java.lang.Object parse()
                       throws StructException

start parsing the input through the set of rules

Returns:

Object an object created from the input read which is either (XML|MAP) as defined by the output type set on the StructGroup supplied to this parser

Throws:

StructException - thrown if the Reader or StructGroup cannot parse the content correctly

getGroup

protected StructGroup getGroup()

get the StructGroup used for this parser

Returns:

StructGroup

getReader

protected java.io.Reader getReader()

get the Reader used for this parser

Returns:

Reader