uk.ac.starlink.table.formats
Class RowEvaluator.Decoder

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.starlink.table.formats.RowEvaluator.Decoder

Enclosing class:

RowEvaluator

public abstract static class RowEvaluator.Decoder
extends Object

Interface for an object that can turn a string into a cell content object.

Constructor Summary

RowEvaluator.Decoder(Class clazz)
Constructor.

Method Summary

ColumnInfo	createColumnInfo(String name) Returns a new ColumnInfo suitable for the decoded values.
abstract Object	decode(String value) Decodes a value.
abstract boolean	isValid(String value) Indicates whether this decoder is capable of decoding a given string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RowEvaluator.Decoder

public RowEvaluator.Decoder(Class clazz)

Constructor.

Parameters:

clazz - class of object to be returned by decode method

Method Detail

createColumnInfo

public ColumnInfo createColumnInfo(String name)

Returns a new ColumnInfo suitable for the decoded values.

Parameters:

name - column name

Returns:

new metadata object

decode

public abstract Object decode(String value)

Decodes a value. Will complete without exception if isValid(java.lang.String) returns true for the presented value; otherwise may throw an unchecked exception.

Parameters:

value - string to decode

Returns:

typed object corresponding to value

isValid

public abstract boolean isValid(String value)

Indicates whether this decoder is capable of decoding a given string.

Parameters:

value - string to decode

Returns:

true iff this decoder can make sense of the string