com.jiowa.template.variable

Class VariableOperator

java.lang.Object

com.jiowa.template.variable.VariableOperator

Direct Known Subclasses:

AllToLowerCaseOperator, AllToUpperCaseOperator, CamelCaseOperator, ChangeNonAlphaNumericToUnderscoreOperator, ConfigurableReplacementOperator, FirstToLowerCaseOperator, FirstToUpperCaseOperator, FlowTextOperator, RemoveAllSpacesOperator, RemoveNonAlphaNumericOperator, SpaceToUnderscoreOperator

public abstract class VariableOperator
extends java.lang.Object

This is the abstract base class for all operators which change the content of a string. The operator is determined by the special characters before a variable identifier.

Author:

Robert Mencl

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Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static java.lang.String	UNDERSCORE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
VariableOperator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract java.lang.String	apply(java.lang.String variable)
java.lang.String	getInstanceCallAsString() Delivers a string that can be used in generated code to call an instance of this class.
int	getPriority() Returns the default priority which is 0.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UNDERSCORE

protected static final java.lang.String UNDERSCORE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

VariableOperator

public VariableOperator()

Method Detail

apply

public abstract java.lang.String apply(java.lang.String variable)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getInstanceCallAsString

public java.lang.String getInstanceCallAsString()

Delivers a string that can be used in generated code to call an instance of this class. Used in TemplateBeans for the initialization of VariableParts. TODO: use it also for SubTemplateStructureParts.

Returns:

the instance call as string

getPriority

public int getPriority()

Returns the default priority which is 0. Should be overridden if the value has to be adapted. The higher the value, the higher the priority. This value is used to order the parsing process of variable operators. The more characters a variable operatar has, the higher is the priority, i.e. priority = 'number of characters'.

Returns:

the priority which is valid for this operator