com.tensegrity.composite.geometry.persistence
Class GeometryItemSerializer

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer

public class GeometryItemSerializer

extends java.lang.Object

implements Serializer

The GeometryItemSerializer is responsible to convert a GeometryItem into an AttributeList. This AttributeList contains Attributes for each field of a GeometryItem.

Version:

$Id: GeometryItemSerializer.java,v 1.9 2005/01/17 17:39:24 BurkhardWick Exp $

Author:

Gilles Iachelini

Constructor Summary

GeometryItemSerializer(GeometryItem item)
Constructor for GeometryItemSerializer.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getTypeName(int type) Returns the type name for the given type.
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

GeometryItemSerializer

public GeometryItemSerializer(GeometryItem item)

Constructor for GeometryItemSerializer.

Parameters:

item - the GeometryItem 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

Returns the type name for the given type.

Parameters:

type - the type to get the name for

Returns:

the type name for the given type.

Throws:

SerializeException - if the given type is unknown