org.apache.hivemind.schema.rules
Class BooleanTranslator
java.lang.Object
org.apache.hivemind.schema.rules.BooleanTranslator
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Translator
public class BooleanTranslator
- extends java.lang.Object
- implements Translator
Translates a string value to a boolean value. "true" and "false" are acceptible values.
Other values are logged as errors and treated as false. Null is simply considered false.
- Author:
- Howard Lewis Ship
Constructor Summary |
BooleanTranslator()
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BooleanTranslator(java.lang.String initializer)
Initializes the translator, recognizing key "default" as the
default value for the translator when the input is blank. |
Method Summary |
java.lang.Object |
translate(Module contributingModule,
java.lang.Class propertyType,
java.lang.String inputValue,
Location location)
Invoked by a Rule
to translate an inputValue into an appropriate object. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
BooleanTranslator
public BooleanTranslator()
BooleanTranslator
public BooleanTranslator(java.lang.String initializer)
- Initializes the translator, recognizing key "default" as the
default value for the translator when the input is blank.
translate
public java.lang.Object translate(Module contributingModule,
java.lang.Class propertyType,
java.lang.String inputValue,
Location location)
- Description copied from interface:
Translator
- Invoked by a
Rule
to translate an inputValue into an appropriate object.
Substitution symbols will already have been expanded before this method is
invoked.
- Specified by:
translate
in interface Translator
- Parameters:
contributingModule
- the module from which the input value originatespropertyType
- the type of the property to be assigned by this translator; smart translators may
be able to automatically convert from string to the correct typeinputValue
- the value to be translated, either an attribute value or the content of the elementlocation
- the location of the inputValue; used to set the location of created objects,
or when reporting errors