Class ForNameStringParser
java.lang.Object
com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser
com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers.ForNameStringParser
A
StringParser
that passes the
argument to a static method of signature forName(String)
of a specified class.
Note that, for instance, this parser can be used with Class
(resulting in a
string parser identical to ClassStringParser
),
but also Charset
, and more generally, any class using the forName(String)
convention.
- Author:
- Sebastiano Vigna
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Method Summary
Methods inherited from class com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser
setUp, tearDown
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Method Details
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getParser
public static ForNameStringParser getParser(Class klass) throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException Returns a classforName()
string parser.When required to parse an argument, the returned string parser will return the object obtain by means of a call to a static method of
klass
of signatureforName(String)
.- Parameters:
klass
- a class with a static method of signatureforName(String)
.- Throws:
SecurityException
NoSuchMethodException
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parse
Description copied from class:StringParser
Parses the specified argument into an Object of the appropriate type. If the specified argument cannot be converted into the desired Object, a ParseException should be thrown.
Note: this method MAY BE CALLED with a null argument. Take this into consideration when subclassing!- Specified by:
parse
in classStringParser
- Parameters:
arg
- the argument to convert to an Object of class appropriate to the StringParser subclass.- Returns:
- the Object resulting from the parsed argument.
- Throws:
ParseException
- if the specified argument cannot be parsed.
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