Package com.globalmentor.lex

Class Lex

java.lang.Object

com.globalmentor.lex.Lex

public class Lex
extends Object

Constants and utilities for lexical analysis.

Author:

Garret Wilson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Lex()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <I extends Identifier> I	deserialize(Class<I> identifierClass, String lexicalForm)	Deserializes an identifier from its lexical form.
static String	serialize(Identifier identifier)	Returns a serialized form of an identifier.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Lex

public Lex()

Method Details

serialize

public static String serialize(Identifier identifier)

Returns a serialized form of an identifier. Usually the identifier is an Enum, resulting in a special token serialized form.

Parameters:

identifier - The identifier to serialize.

Returns:

The serialized form of the identifier.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the given identifier is null.

See Also:

• Enums.getSerializationName(Enum)

deserialize

public static <I extends Identifier> I deserialize(Class<I> identifierClass,
 String lexicalForm)

Deserializes an identifier from its lexical form. Usually the identifier is an Enum and is deserialized from a special token serialized form.

This implementation currently only recognizes Enum types.

Type Parameters:

I - The identifier class.

Parameters:

identifierClass - The class of identifier; usually a type of Enum.

lexicalForm - The lexical form of the identifier being deserialized.

Returns:

The identifier represented by the given lexical form.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the given class and/or lexical form is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if the identifier class is not a recognized type to be deserialized.

See Also:

• Enums.getSerializedEnum(Class, String)