nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property
Class StringFactory

java.lang.Object
  nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property.StringFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyValueFactory<java.lang.String>

public class StringFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements PropertyValueFactory<java.lang.String>

Factory for serializing and deserializing string objects

Constructor Summary

StringFactory()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	exportToString(java.lang.String type, Graph g) Create a string representing the contents of this object.
java.lang.String	importFromString(java.lang.String data, Graph g) Create an instance of this type from a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringFactory

public StringFactory()

Method Detail

importFromString

public java.lang.String importFromString(java.lang.String data,
                                         Graph g)

Description copied from interface: PropertyValueFactory

Create an instance of this type from a string.

Specified by:

importFromString in interface PropertyValueFactory<java.lang.String>

Parameters:

data - string containing the data used to create the object

g - graph context of the string

Returns:

newly constructed object

exportToString

public java.lang.String exportToString(java.lang.String type,
                                       Graph g)

Description copied from interface: PropertyValueFactory

Create a string representing the contents of this object.

Specified by:

exportToString in interface PropertyValueFactory<java.lang.String>

Parameters:

type - object to be serialized

g - graph context of the object

Returns:

string representing the content of the object