org.gbif.common.parsers.core

Class DictionaryBackedParser<V>

java.lang.Object

org.gbif.common.parsers.core.DictionaryBackedParser<V>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Parsable<V>

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileBasedDictionaryParser

public class DictionaryBackedParser<V>
extends Object
implements Parsable<V>

A simple parser that will initialise with source data, and will use that as a lookup to replace values. This was written with basis of record lookup and country names in mind. Future improvements to this implementation might call a dictionary web service for example, to achieve the same, but allow the abstraction of the dictionary management to a better project (separation of concerns)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DictionaryBackedParser(boolean caseSensitive)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	init(Iterator<KeyValue<String,V>> source)
ParseResult<V>	parse(String input) Tries to parse the input data according to its backing dictionary.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DictionaryBackedParser

public DictionaryBackedParser(boolean caseSensitive)

Parameters:

caseSensitive - If the dictionary should be case sensitive (only applicable to String keys)

Method Detail

init

public void init(Iterator<KeyValue<String,V>> source)

Parameters:

source - To build the dictionary from

parse

public ParseResult<V> parse(String input)

Tries to parse the input data according to its backing dictionary. If no entry in the dictionary can be found the result will be FAIL otherwise the result will be a DEFINITE SUCCESS.

Specified by:

parse in interface Parsable<V>

Parameters:

input - To lookup in the dictionary

Returns:

the replacement from the dictionary