prefuse.data.parser
Class ByteParser

java.lang.Object
  prefuse.data.parser.ByteParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataParser

public class ByteParser
extends java.lang.Object
implements DataParser

DataParser instance the parses int values from a text string.

Author:

jeffrey heer

Constructor Summary

ByteParser()

Method Summary

boolean	canParse(java.lang.String text) Indicates if the given text string can be successfully parsed by this parser.
java.lang.String	format(java.lang.Object value) Get a String representation for the given value.
java.lang.Class	getType() Returns int.class.
java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String text) Parse the given text string to a data value.
static byte	parseByte(java.lang.String text) Parse an int value from a text string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ByteParser

public ByteParser()

Method Detail

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

Returns int.class.

Specified by:

getType in interface DataParser

Returns:

the parsed data type for this parser as a Java Class instance

See Also:

DataParser.getType()

format

public java.lang.String format(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: DataParser

Get a String representation for the given value.

Specified by:

format in interface DataParser

Parameters:

value - the object value to format

Returns:

a formatted String representing the input value

See Also:

DataParser.format(java.lang.Object)

canParse

public boolean canParse(java.lang.String text)

Description copied from interface: DataParser

Indicates if the given text string can be successfully parsed by this parser.

Specified by:

canParse in interface DataParser

Parameters:

text - the text string to check for parsability

Returns:

true if the string can be successfully parsed into this parser's data type, false otherwise

See Also:

DataParser.canParse(java.lang.String)

parse

public java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String text)
                       throws DataParseException

Description copied from interface: DataParser

Parse the given text string to a data value.

Specified by:

parse in interface DataParser

Parameters:

text - the text string to parse

Returns:

the parsed data value, which will be an instance of the Class returned by the DataParser.getType() method

Throws:

DataParseException - if an error occurs during parsing

See Also:

DataParser.parse(java.lang.String)

parseByte

public static byte parseByte(java.lang.String text)
                      throws DataParseException

Parse an int value from a text string.

Parameters:

text - the text string to parse

Returns:

the parsed int value

Throws:

DataParseException - if an error occurs during parsing