com.fluenda.parcefone.parser

Class CEFParser

java.lang.Object

com.fluenda.parcefone.parser.CEFParser

public class CEFParser
extends Object

A Common Event Format (CEF) parser used to convert String or byte array into a Map containing the parsed and validated CEF fields The parser does not make any assertion in regards to thread safety. Proceed with care.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CEFParser() Creates a CEFParser instance utilizing the default Bean Validator.
CEFParser(javax.validation.Validator validator) Creates a CEFParser instance utilizing thread-safe Beans Validator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CommonEvent	parse(byte[] cefByteArray)
CommonEvent	parse(byte[] cefByteArray, boolean validate)
CommonEvent	parse(byte[] cefByteArray, boolean validate, boolean allowNulls, Locale locale)
CommonEvent	parse(byte[] cefByteArray, boolean validate, Locale locale)
CommonEvent	parse(String cefString) Converts a CEF formatted String into a CommonEvent object without enforcing strict validation.
CommonEvent	parse(String cefString, boolean validate) Converts a CEF formatted String into a CommonEvent object with exposed control over strict validation.
CommonEvent	parse(String cefString, boolean validate, boolean allowNulls, Locale locale) Converts a CEF formatted String into a CommonEvent object with exposed control over validation and the Locale used to parse fields containing Dates
CommonEvent	parse(String cefString, boolean validate, Locale locale) Converts a CEF formatted String into a CommonEvent object with exposed control over validation and the Locale used to parse fields containing Dates

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CEFParser

public CEFParser()

Creates a CEFParser instance utilizing the default Bean Validator.

CEFParser

public CEFParser(javax.validation.Validator validator)

Creates a CEFParser instance utilizing thread-safe Beans Validator. The use of this constructor should result in significantly higher throughput when performing multiple instatiations of CEFParser.

Parameters:

validator - A JSR-303 complianceValidator such as Hibernate or Apache bVal

Method Detail

parse

public CommonEvent parse(byte[] cefByteArray)

Parameters:

cefByteArray - byte [] containing the CEF message to be parsed - Array will be converted String using UTF-8

Returns:

CommonEvent

parse

public CommonEvent parse(byte[] cefByteArray,
                         boolean validate)

Parameters:

cefByteArray - byte [] containing the CEF message to be parsed - Array will be converted String using UTF-8

validate - Boolean if parser should validate values beyond type compatibility (e.g. Values within acceptable lengths, value lists, etc)

Returns:

CommonEvent

parse

public CommonEvent parse(byte[] cefByteArray,
                         boolean validate,
                         Locale locale)

Parameters:

cefByteArray - byte [] containing the CEF message to be parsed - Array will be converted String using UTF-8

validate - Boolean if parser should validate values beyond type compatibility (e.g. Values within acceptable lengths, value lists, etc)

locale - The locale to be used when parsing dates (so that parser can handle both jul (en_US) and juil.(fr_FR)

Returns:

CommonEvent

parse

public CommonEvent parse(byte[] cefByteArray,
                         boolean validate,
                         boolean allowNulls,
                         Locale locale)

Parameters:

cefByteArray - byte [] containing the CEF message to be parsed - Array will be converted String using UTF-8

validate - Boolean if parser should validate values beyond type compatibility (e.g. Values within acceptable lengths, value lists, etc)

allowNulls - If true, extensions with an empty value will be seen as null. If false, parsing may fail depending on extension types

locale - The locale to be used when parsing dates (so that parser can handle both jul (en_US) and juil.(fr_FR)

Returns:

CommonEvent

parse

public CommonEvent parse(String cefString)

Converts a CEF formatted String into a CommonEvent object without enforcing strict validation.

The use of this method is discouraged and future versions may deprecate its use.

Parameters:

cefString - String containing the CEF message to be parsed

Returns:

CommonEvent

parse

public CommonEvent parse(String cefString,
                         boolean validate)

Converts a CEF formatted String into a CommonEvent object with exposed control over strict validation.

All CEF extension fields containing Dates are processed with the Locale.ENGLISH.

Parameters:

cefString - String containing the CEF message to be parsed

validate - Boolean if parser should validate values beyond type compatibility (e.g. Values within acceptable lengths, value lists, etc)

Returns:

CommonEvent

parse

public CommonEvent parse(String cefString,
                         boolean validate,
                         Locale locale)

Converts a CEF formatted String into a CommonEvent object with exposed control over validation and the Locale used to parse fields containing Dates

Parameters:

cefString - String containing the CEF message to be parsed

validate - Boolean if parser should validate values beyond type compatibility (e.g. Values within acceptable lengths, value lists, etc)

locale - The locale to be used when parsing dates (so that parser can handle both jul (en_US) and juil.(fr_FR)

Returns:

CommonEvent

parse

public CommonEvent parse(String cefString,
                         boolean validate,
                         boolean allowNulls,
                         Locale locale)

Converts a CEF formatted String into a CommonEvent object with exposed control over validation and the Locale used to parse fields containing Dates

Parameters:

cefString - String containing the CEF message to be parsed

validate - Boolean if parser should validate values beyond type compatibility (e.g. Values within acceptable lengths, value lists, etc)

allowNulls - If true, extensions with an empty value will be seen as null. If false, parsing may fail depending on extension types

locale - The locale to be used when parsing dates (so that parser can handle both jul (en_US) and juil.(fr_FR)

Returns:

CommonEvent