com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers
Class ClassStringParser

java.lang.Object
  com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser
      com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers.ClassStringParser

public class ClassStringParser

extends StringParser

A StringParser for parsing Class objects. The parse(arg) method calls Class.forName(arg) and returns the result. If any exceptions are thrown by Class.forName(), they are encapsulated in a ParseException and re-thrown.

Note: The Class.forName() call attempts to load the class from the same ClassLoader that loaded this StringParser.

Author:

Marty Lamb

See Also:

StringParser, Class

Constructor Summary

ClassStringParser()
Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.CLASS_PARSER.

Method Summary

static ClassStringParser	getParser() Returns a ClassStringParser.
Object	parse(String arg) Parses the specified argument into a Class object.

Methods inherited from class com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser

setUp, tearDown

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassStringParser

public ClassStringParser()

Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.CLASS_PARSER.

Creates a new ClassStringParser.

Method Detail

getParser

public static ClassStringParser getParser()

Returns a ClassStringParser.

Convenient access to the only instance returned by this method is available through JSAP.CLASS_PARSER.

Returns:

a ClassStringParser.

parse

public Object parse(String arg)
             throws ParseException

Parses the specified argument into a Class object. This method calls Class.forName(), passing the specified argument as the name of the class to load, and returns the resulting Class object. If an exception is thrown by Class.forName(), it is encapsulated in a ParseException and re-thrown.

Specified by:

parse in class StringParser

Parameters:

arg - the argument to parse

Returns:

a Class object representing the class named by the specified argument.

Throws:

ParseException - if Class.forName(arg) throws an exception.

See Also:

Class, StringParser.parse(String)