com.tensegrity.composite.geometry.persistence
Class GeometryDescriptorSerializer

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.composite.geometry.persistence.GeometryDescriptorSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer

public class GeometryDescriptorSerializer

extends java.lang.Object

implements Serializer

The GeometryDescriptorSerializer is responsible to convert a GeometryDescriptor into an AttributeList.

Version:

$Id: GeometryDescriptorSerializer.java,v 1.21 2005/07/18 10:35:31 MichaelKegel Exp $

Author:

MichaelKegel, Gilles Iachelini

Constructor Summary

GeometryDescriptorSerializer(GeometryDescriptor descriptor)
Constructor for GeometryDescriptorSerializer.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getTypeName(int type) This method returns the matching string constant to a given GeometryDescriptorType constant.
AttributeList	serialize() Translates the information of the object to be serialized into an AttributeList.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GeometryDescriptorSerializer

public GeometryDescriptorSerializer(GeometryDescriptor descriptor)

Constructor for GeometryDescriptorSerializer.

Parameters:

descriptor - the GeometryDescriptor to serialize.

Method Detail

serialize

public AttributeList serialize()
                        throws SerializeException

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Translates the information of the object to be serialized into an AttributeList.

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Returns:

the list of translated information.

Throws:

SerializeException - is thrown whenever an error occurs while serializing the given object.

getTypeName

public static final java.lang.String getTypeName(int type)
                                          throws SerializeException

This method returns the matching string constant to a given GeometryDescriptorType constant.

Parameters:

type - the integer constant of a GeometryDescriptorType.

Returns:

the GeometryDescriptorType constant as string.

Throws:

SerializeException - thrown if the type is unknown