edu.rice.cs.drjava.config
Class StringOption

java.lang.Object
  edu.rice.cs.drjava.config.OptionParser<T>
      edu.rice.cs.drjava.config.Option<String>
          edu.rice.cs.drjava.config.StringOption

All Implemented Interfaces:

FormatStrategy<String>, ParseStrategy<String>

public class StringOption
extends Option<String>

Class representing all configuration options with values of type String.

Version:

$Id: StringOption.java 4419 2008-03-27 06:58:07Z rcartwright $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class edu.rice.cs.drjava.config.OptionParser

defaultValue, name

Constructor Summary

StringOption(String key, String def)

Method Summary

String	format(String s) Formats a statically typed T value as a String.
String	parse(String s) The ability to parse a string to an object of type T.

Methods inherited from class edu.rice.cs.drjava.config.Option

getDefaultString

Methods inherited from class edu.rice.cs.drjava.config.OptionParser

getDefault, getName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringOption

public StringOption(String key,
                    String def)

Parameters:

key - The name of this Option.

Method Detail

parse

public String parse(String s)

Description copied from class: OptionParser

The ability to parse a string to an object of type T. All concrete versions of this class must override this method to provide some sort of parser implementation.

Specified by:

parse in interface ParseStrategy<String>

Specified by:

parse in class OptionParser<String>

Parameters:

s - The String to be parsed.

Returns:

"s", no actual parsing is performed.

format

public String format(String s)

Description copied from class: Option

Formats a statically typed T value as a String. The default implementation uses the toString() method.

Specified by:

format in interface FormatStrategy<String>

Overrides:

format in class Option<String>

Parameters:

s - The String to be formatted.

Returns:

"s", no actual formatting is performed.