cvm.model.handlers.schema
Class DataSchemaParser

java.lang.Object
  cvm.model.handlers.schema.DataSchemaParser

public class DataSchemaParser
extends java.lang.Object

This class handles the parsing of the data schema.

Author:

Frank Hernandez, Raidel Batista, Eddie Incert

Method Summary

static DataSchemaParser	getInstance() Implementation of the singleton design pattern.
com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream	getXStreamParser() This function initializes the XStream parser for parsing the DataSchema/.
java.lang.String	parseSchemaToXML(DataSchema schema) This function takes a data schema object and converts it into XML format.
DataSchema	parseXMLToSchema(java.lang.String xmlString) This function parses an xml string in the format of a DataSchema/ XML and creates a DataSchema object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DataSchemaParser getInstance()

Implementation of the singleton design pattern.

Returns:

DataSchemaParser instance

getXStreamParser

public com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream getXStreamParser()

This function initializes the XStream parser for parsing the DataSchema/.

Returns:

XStream instance

See Also:

XStream

parseXMLToSchema

public DataSchema parseXMLToSchema(java.lang.String xmlString)

This function parses an xml string in the format of a DataSchema/ XML and creates a DataSchema object.

Parameters:

xmlString - userSchema in XML

Returns:

DataSchema instance.

parseSchemaToXML

public java.lang.String parseSchemaToXML(DataSchema schema)

This function takes a data schema object and converts it into XML format.

Parameters:

schema - DataSchema Object

Returns:

XML representation of the object.