org.argouml.uml.generator
Class Parser

java.lang.Object
  org.argouml.uml.generator.Parser

Direct Known Subclasses:

ParserDisplay

public abstract class Parser

extends Object

Parent of ParserDisplay. TODO: Explain the purpose of this class! TODO: Why do these functions return the object they receive?

Constructor Summary

Parser()

Method Summary

abstract Object	parseActionState(String s, Object actionState) Parse a given string s with the information given from the action state actionState and update this actionState.
abstract void	parseAttribute(String s, Object attr)
abstract Object	parseExtensionPoint(String s)
abstract void	parseOperation(String s, Object op)
abstract Object	parseTransition(Object trans, String s)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Parser

public Parser()

Method Detail

parseExtensionPoint

public abstract Object parseExtensionPoint(String s)

Parameters:

s - the input string to be parsed

Returns:

the extensionpoint

parseOperation

public abstract void parseOperation(String s,
                                    Object op)
                             throws ParseException

Parameters:

s - the input string to be parsed

op - the operation

Throws:

ParseException - when the input is invalid and should be rejected

parseAttribute

public abstract void parseAttribute(String s,
                                    Object attr)
                             throws ParseException

Parameters:

s - the input string to be parsed

attr - the attribute

Throws:

ParseException - when the input is invalid and should be rejected

parseTransition

public abstract Object parseTransition(Object trans,
                                       String s)
                                throws ParseException

Parameters:

trans - the transition

s - the input string to be parsed

Returns:

the transition

Throws:

ParseException - when there is a syntax error in the input text so that it should be rejected

parseActionState

public abstract Object parseActionState(String s,
                                        Object actionState)

Parse a given string s with the information given from the action state actionState and update this actionState.

Parameters:

actionState - the input actionstate

s - the input string

Returns:

the actionstate