com.partnersoft.data
Class Namer

java.lang.Object
  com.partnersoft.data.Namer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Coggable, ObjectNamer, ObjectTransform

public class Namer
extends java.lang.Object
implements ObjectNamer

An ObjectTransform that generates a String name from a source object, using a string template.

Author:

Paul Reavis Copyright 2001 Partner Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

Constructor Summary

Namer()
Create a new Namer.

Namer(Cog newState)

Namer(java.lang.String template)

Method Summary

java.util.Set	getRequiredPaths()
java.lang.String	getTemplate() Gets the value of template
void	setTemplate(java.lang.String argTemplate) Sets the value of template
Cog	toCog() Returns the complete internal state of this object in the form of a Cog.
java.lang.Object	transform(java.lang.Object source) Our one method; this transforms one object into another.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Namer

public Namer(Cog newState)

Namer

public Namer()

Create a new Namer.

Namer

public Namer(java.lang.String template)

Method Detail

toCog

public Cog toCog()

Description copied from interface: Coggable

Returns the complete internal state of this object in the form of a Cog.

Specified by:

toCog in interface Coggable

Returns:

Cog representing the internal state of this object

transform

public java.lang.Object transform(java.lang.Object source)

Description copied from interface: ObjectTransform

Our one method; this transforms one object into another. Transformation must be nondestructive, but may produce a derived product that is still affected by changes to the original, so beware.

Specified by:

transform in interface ObjectTransform

getRequiredPaths

public java.util.Set getRequiredPaths()

Specified by:

getRequiredPaths in interface ObjectNamer

getTemplate

public java.lang.String getTemplate()

Gets the value of template

Returns:

the value of template

setTemplate

public void setTemplate(java.lang.String argTemplate)

Sets the value of template

Parameters:

argTemplate - Value to assign to this.template