com.groiss.ds
Class StringExpression

java.lang.Object
  com.groiss.ds.StringExpression

public abstract class StringExpression
extends java.lang.Object

An expression is parsed, the containing variables are substituted with values. The caller calls the parse method with a string, the variables are handed over to an abstract varSubstitute method. The expression has the following form: { any-char* "{" placeholder ["," ("date" | "datetime" | decimal-format-mask ) ] "}" any_char* }* The decimal

Constructor Summary

StringExpression()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	parse(java.lang.String s) Call this method to evaluate the expression.
abstract java.lang.Object	varSubstitute(java.lang.String s) Abstract method for var substitution, should be implemented by subclasses.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringExpression

public StringExpression()

Method Detail

parse

public java.lang.String parse(java.lang.String s)

Call this method to evaluate the expression.

Parameters:

s - the expression

Returns:

the evaluated expression.

varSubstitute

public abstract java.lang.Object varSubstitute(java.lang.String s)

Abstract method for var substitution, should be implemented by subclasses.

Parameters:

s - the variable name

Returns:

the value