org.kuali.ole.sys.batch

Interface FlatFileSpecification

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFlatFilePrefixSpecificationBase, AbstractFlatFileSpecificationBase, AbstractRegexSpecificationBase, DelimitedFlatFileSpecification, FixedWidthFlatFileRegexSpecification, FixedWidthFlatFileSpecification

public interface FlatFileSpecification

Contract of methods for the configuration element which specifies how to parse a flat file

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<?>	determineClassForLine(String line) Determines the Class of the business object that the given line should be parsed into
FlatFileObjectSpecification	getObjectSpecification(Class<?> businessObjectClass) Retrieves the FlatFilePrefixObjectSpecification specifically associated with a given class
List<FlatFileObjectSpecification>	getObjectSpecifications()
void	parseLineIntoObject(FlatFileObjectSpecification parseSpecification, String lineToParse, Object parseIntoObject, int lineNumber) Parses the current line of the flat file into a business object

Method Detail

getObjectSpecifications

List<FlatFileObjectSpecification> getObjectSpecifications()

Returns:

a List of the specifications for all objects which will be parsed into during the course of this flat file parse

getObjectSpecification

FlatFileObjectSpecification getObjectSpecification(Class<?> businessObjectClass)

Retrieves the FlatFilePrefixObjectSpecification specifically associated with a given class

Parameters:

businessObjectClass - the class of a business object which will be parsed into

Returns:

the corresponding FlatFilePrefixObjectSpecification configuration object

determineClassForLine

Class<?> determineClassForLine(String line)

Determines the Class of the business object that the given line should be parsed into

Parameters:

line - the current line of the flat file parser being parsed

Returns:

the Class of the business object that the given line will be parsed into

parseLineIntoObject

void parseLineIntoObject(FlatFileObjectSpecification parseSpecification,
                       String lineToParse,
                       Object parseIntoObject,
                       int lineNumber)

Parses the current line of the flat file into a business object

Parameters:

parseSpecification - the specification explaining how to parse the line into the business object

lineToParse - the current line being parsed

parseIntoObject - the target object to parse into

lineNumber - the current line number