org.andromda.cartridges.bpm4struts

Class Bpm4StrutsUtils

java.lang.Object

org.andromda.cartridges.bpm4struts.Bpm4StrutsUtils

public final class Bpm4StrutsUtils
extends Object

Contains utilities for bpm4struts.

Author:

Wouter Zoons

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
(package private) static class	Bpm4StrutsUtils.ManageableEntityComparator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Bpm4StrutsUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getDisplayTagExportTypes(Collection taggedValues, String defaultValue) Returns a sequence of file formats representing the desired export types for the display tag tables used for the argument element.
static boolean	isSafeName(String name) Returns true if the argument name will not cause any troubles with the Jakarta commons-beanutils library, which basically means it does not start with an lowercase characters followed by an uppercase character.
static boolean	isTrue(String string) Convenient method to detect whether or not a String instance represents a boolean true value.
static List	listEnumeration(Enumeration enumeration) Creates and returns a List from an enumeration.
static List<String>	parseValidatorArgs(String validatorTaggedValue) Reads the validator arguments from the the given tagged value.
static String	parseValidatorName(String validatorTaggedValue) Parses the validator name for a tagged value.
static List<String>	parseValidatorVars(String validatorTaggedValue) Reads the validator variable names from the the given tagged value.
static Collection	sortManageables(Collection collection) Sorts a collection of Manageable entities according to their 'manageableName' property.
static String	toWebFileName(String string) Converts the argument into a web file name, this means: all lowercase characters and words are separated with dashes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Bpm4StrutsUtils

public Bpm4StrutsUtils()

Method Detail

listEnumeration

public static List listEnumeration(Enumeration enumeration)

Creates and returns a List from an enumeration.

Parameters:

enumeration - the enumeration from which to create the List.

Returns:

the new List.

parseValidatorArgs

public static List<String> parseValidatorArgs(String validatorTaggedValue)

Reads the validator arguments from the the given tagged value.

Parameters:

validatorTaggedValue -

Returns:

never null, returns a list of String instances

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when the input string does not match the required pattern

parseValidatorVars

public static List<String> parseValidatorVars(String validatorTaggedValue)

Reads the validator variable names from the the given tagged value.

Parameters:

validatorTaggedValue -

Returns:

never null, returns a list of String instances

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when the input string does not match the required pattern

parseValidatorName

public static String parseValidatorName(String validatorTaggedValue)

Parses the validator name for a tagged value.

Parameters:

validatorTaggedValue -

Returns:

validatorTaggedValue.substring(0, leftParen

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - when the input string does not match the required pattern

sortManageables

public static Collection sortManageables(Collection collection)

Sorts a collection of Manageable entities according to their 'manageableName' property. Returns a new collection.

Parameters:

collection -

Returns:

Collections.sort(sorted, new ManageableEntityComparator())

toWebFileName

public static String toWebFileName(String string)

Converts the argument into a web file name, this means: all lowercase characters and words are separated with dashes.

Parameters:

string - any string

Returns:

the string converted to a value that would be well-suited for a web file name

isSafeName

public static boolean isSafeName(String name)

Returns true if the argument name will not cause any troubles with the Jakarta commons-beanutils library, which basically means it does not start with an lowercase characters followed by an uppercase character. This means there's a bug in that specific library that causes an incompatibility with the Java Beans specification as implemented in the JDK.

Parameters:

name - the name to test, may be null

Returns:

true if the name is safe to use with the Jakarta libraries, false otherwise

getDisplayTagExportTypes

public static String getDisplayTagExportTypes(Collection taggedValues,
                              String defaultValue)

Returns a sequence of file formats representing the desired export types for the display tag tables used for the argument element.

Parameters:

taggedValues - the collection of tagged values representing the export types, should only contain String instances and must never be null

defaultValue - the default value to use in case the tagged values are empty

Returns:

a space separated list of formats, never null

isTrue

public static boolean isTrue(String string)

Convenient method to detect whether or not a String instance represents a boolean true value.

Parameters:

string -

Returns:

true if yes, true, on, 1