nl.tudelft.goal.EIS2Java.translation
Class Translator

java.lang.Object
  nl.tudelft.goal.EIS2Java.translation.Translator

public class Translator
extends Object

Singleton class that supports translation from Object to Parameter and vice versa.

Author:

Lennard de Rijk

Method Summary

static Translator	getInstance()
void	registerJava2ParameterTranslator(Java2Parameter<?> translator) Registers a translator for Java to Parameter.
void	registerParameter2JavaTranslator(Parameter2Java<?> translator) Registers a translator for Parameter to Java.
<T> T	translate2Java(eis.iilang.Parameter parameter, Class<T> parameterClass) Translates the given parameter into an object of type T.
<T> eis.iilang.Parameter[]	translate2Parameter(T o) Translates the given object into a Parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Translator getInstance()

Returns:

Creates or gets the singleton instance of the Translator.

registerJava2ParameterTranslator

public void registerJava2ParameterTranslator(Java2Parameter<?> translator)

Registers a translator for Java to Parameter.

Parameters:

translator - the translator to register.

registerParameter2JavaTranslator

public void registerParameter2JavaTranslator(Parameter2Java<?> translator)

Registers a translator for Parameter to Java.

Parameters:

translator - the translator to register.

translate2Parameter

public <T> eis.iilang.Parameter[] translate2Parameter(T o)
                                           throws TranslationException

Translates the given object into a Parameter. The Translator must contain a translator for the type T or of a superclass of T. Otherwise no translation can be made.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object to translate.

Parameters:

o - the object to translate.

Returns:

The object translated into the parameter.

Throws:

TranslationException - If the translation could not be made.

translate2Java

public <T> T translate2Java(eis.iilang.Parameter parameter,
                            Class<T> parameterClass)
                 throws TranslationException,
                        NoTranslatorException

Translates the given parameter into an object of type T. The Translator must contain a translator to type T otherwise no translation can be made.

Type Parameters:

T - The type to translate to.

Parameters:

parameter - The parameter to translate.

parameterClass - The class to which the parameter should be translated.

Returns:

The parameter translated into the object of class T.

Throws:

TranslationException - if the translation could not be made.

NoTranslatorException