com.sas.util.transforms
Class StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform

com.sas.util.transforms.StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.sas.util.transforms.TransformInputOutputInterface, com.sas.util.transforms.TransformInterface, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform

public class StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform
implements com.sas.util.transforms.TransformInputOutputInterface

A transform for converting a StaticDictionaryInterface to a String

See Also:

StringToDictionaryInterfaceTransform, Serialized Form

Field Summary

static StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform

defaultInstance An object which can perform a default transform from StaticDictionaryInterface to String.

Constructor Summary

StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform()
Default constructor.

StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform(char delimiter, char separator, boolean alwaysQuote)
Value constructor.

Method Summary

protected static char	defaultDelimiterChar()
java.lang.Class	getInputClass()
java.lang.Class	getOutputClass()
protected java.lang.String	quote(java.lang.Object item)
java.lang.Object	transform(com.sas.collection.AssociationListInterface object) Transform an object.
java.lang.Object	transform(java.lang.Object object) Transform an object.

Field Detail

defaultInstance

public static final StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform defaultInstance

An object which can perform a default transform from StaticDictionaryInterface to String.

Constructor Detail

StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform

public StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform()

Default constructor. Create a transform which converts a StaticDictionaryInterface into a String, using the default delimiter ',' and always quoting strings.

StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform

public StaticDictionaryInterfaceToStringTransform(char delimiter,
                                                  char separator,
                                                  boolean alwaysQuote)

Value constructor. Create a transform which converts a StaticDictionaryInterface into a String, using the specific delimiter and quoting.

Parameters:

delimiter - character to separate the string items in the result

separator - a separator which appears between the keys and the values

alwaysQuote - if true, each string is quoted, else only special strings are quoted.

Method Detail

defaultDelimiterChar

protected static char defaultDelimiterChar()

transform

public java.lang.Object transform(java.lang.Object object)

Transform an object. This method transforms a StaticDictionaryInterface to a String.

Specified by:

transform in interface com.sas.util.transforms.TransformInterface

Parameters:

object - an input object. Must be null or an instance of StaticDictionaryInterface

Returns:

a string representation of the string list.

transform

public java.lang.Object transform(com.sas.collection.AssociationListInterface object)

Transform an object. This method transforms a StaticDictionaryInterface to a String.

Parameters:

object - an input object. Must be null or an instance of StaticDictionaryInterface

Returns:

a string representation of the string list.

quote

protected java.lang.String quote(java.lang.Object item)

getInputClass

public java.lang.Class getInputClass()

Specified by:

getInputClass in interface com.sas.util.transforms.TransformInputOutputInterface

getOutputClass

public java.lang.Class getOutputClass()

Specified by:

getOutputClass in interface com.sas.util.transforms.TransformInputOutputInterface