Package repast.simphony.parameter

Class ParameterUtils

java.lang.Object

repast.simphony.parameter.ParameterUtils

public class ParameterUtils
extends Object

Utility methods for working with Parameters.

Author:

Nick Collier

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ParameterUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getStringValue(Class type, StringConverter converter, List values)	Converts a list of object values to the string list representation
static Object[]	parseDefaultValue(Class type, String name, String val)	Parses and converts string representations of primitive values, their Object representations (ie.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ParameterUtils

public ParameterUtils()

Method Detail

parseDefaultValue

public static Object[] parseDefaultValue(Class type,
                                         String name,
                                         String val)
                                  throws ParameterFormatException

Parses and converts string representations of primitive values, their Object representations (ie. int and Integer) and Strings into an array. If the val parameter consists of a single string then the array will contain a single element. If the val parameter consists of more than one space delimited elements then the array will contain that many elements.

Parameters:

type - the type of the object

name - the name of the parameter

val - the list of string values to convert

Returns:

an array of the converted values.

Throws:

ParameterFormatException - if there is a parsing or converting error

IllegalArgumentException - if the type is not a primitive, a primitive Object or a String.

getStringValue

public static String getStringValue(Class type,
                                    StringConverter converter,
                                    List values)

Converts a list of object values to the string list representation