org.glassfish.pfl.basic.tools.file
Class BlockParser

java.lang.Object
  org.glassfish.pfl.basic.tools.file.BlockParser

public class BlockParser
extends Object

Utility class used to convert FileWrappers into (lists of) Blocks.

Field Summary

static String

COMMENT_BLOCK_TAG

Method Summary

static Block	getBlock(FileWrapper fw) Return the contents of the text file as a Block.
static List<Block>	parseBlocks(FileWrapper fw, String prefix) Transform fw into a list of blocks.
static List<Block>	parseBlocks(FileWrapper fw, String start, String end) Transform fw into a list of blocks.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COMMENT_BLOCK_TAG

public static final String COMMENT_BLOCK_TAG

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getBlock

public static Block getBlock(FileWrapper fw)
                      throws IOException

Return the contents of the text file as a Block.

Throws:

IOException

parseBlocks

public static List<Block> parseBlocks(FileWrapper fw,
                                      String prefix)
                               throws IOException

Transform fw into a list of blocks. There are two types of blocks in this list, and they always alternate:

• Blocks in which every line starts with prefix, Such blocks are given the tag COMMENT_BLOCK_TAG.
• Blocks in which no line starts with prefix. Such blocks are not tagged.

  Throws:

  IOException

parseBlocks

public static List<Block> parseBlocks(FileWrapper fw,
                                      String start,
                                      String end)
                               throws IOException

Transform fw into a list of blocks. There are two types of blocks in this list, and they always alternate:

• Blocks that start with a String containing start, and end with a String containing end. Such blocks are given the tag COMMENT_BLOCK_TAG.
• Blocks that do not contain start or end anywhere

  Throws:

  IOException