io.args
Class ArgumentChecker

java.lang.Object
  io.args.ArgumentChecker

public class ArgumentChecker

extends java.lang.Object

Perform consistency checks on the argument list.

• does it contain the minimum number of entries?
• does it contain no more than the maximum number of entries?
• do all entries match a given regular expression?

Version:

0.1, february 2005

Author:

Vincent Kraeutler

See Also:

ArgumentValueSpec, ArgumentParser

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	blockNamePattern
static java.lang.String	capitalsPattern
static java.lang.String	fileNamePattern
static java.lang.String	floatPattern
static java.lang.String	gatherPattern
static java.lang.String	integerPattern
static int	noBound
static java.lang.String	noPattern
static java.lang.String	pbcGatherPattern
static java.lang.String	pbcPattern
static java.lang.String	yesNoPattern

Constructor Summary

ArgumentChecker()

Method Summary

static void	check(java.lang.String argName, java.util.ArrayList argValues, int min, int max, java.lang.String regx) assert that argValues has the right (min < x < max) number of arguments, and that all arguments match regex.
static void	checkPattern(java.lang.String argumentName, java.lang.String argument, java.lang.String regex) assert that argument matches regex.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

noBound

public static final int noBound

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Constant Field Values

noPattern

public static final java.lang.String noPattern

fileNamePattern

public static final java.lang.String fileNamePattern

blockNamePattern

public static final java.lang.String blockNamePattern

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Constant Field Values

capitalsPattern

public static final java.lang.String capitalsPattern

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Constant Field Values

pbcPattern

public static final java.lang.String pbcPattern

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Constant Field Values

gatherPattern

public static final java.lang.String gatherPattern

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Constant Field Values

yesNoPattern

public static final java.lang.String yesNoPattern

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Constant Field Values

pbcGatherPattern

public static final java.lang.String pbcGatherPattern

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Constant Field Values

integerPattern

public static final java.lang.String integerPattern

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Constant Field Values

floatPattern

public static final java.lang.String floatPattern

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ArgumentChecker

public ArgumentChecker()

Method Detail

checkPattern

public static void checkPattern(java.lang.String argumentName,
                                java.lang.String argument,
                                java.lang.String regex)
                         throws java.io.IOException

assert that argument matches regex.

Parameters:

argumentName -

argument -

regex -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

check

public static void check(java.lang.String argName,
                         java.util.ArrayList argValues,
                         int min,
                         int max,
                         java.lang.String regx)
                  throws java.io.IOException

assert that argValues has the right (min < x < max) number of arguments, and that all arguments match regex.

Parameters:

argName -

argValues -

min -

max -

regx -

Throws:

java.io.IOException