com.tensegrity.composite.persistence
Class CompositeGroupSerializer

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.composite.persistence.CompositeSerializer
      com.tensegrity.composite.persistence.CompositeGroupSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer

Direct Known Subclasses:

CompositeSwimLanePoolSerializer, CompositeSwimLaneSerializer

public class CompositeGroupSerializer

extends CompositeSerializer

The CompositeGroupSerializer is responsible to create AttributeLists for a given CompositeGroup instance.

Version:

$Id: CompositeGroupSerializer.java,v 1.38 2006/04/27 15:30:25 MichaelKegel Exp $

Author:

Gilles Iachelini

Field Summary

protected CompositeGroup

group Holding the CompositeGroup to serialize.

Constructor Summary

CompositeGroupSerializer(CompositeGroup group)
Constructor specifying the CompositeGroup to serialize.

Method Summary

protected void	addBoundingBox(AttributeList list) Adds the Boundingbox of the internal group to the given AttributeList.
protected void	addCompositeGroupAttributes(AttributeList list) Adds the attributes of the internal CompositeGroup instance to the given AttributeList.
protected void	addComposites(AttributeList composites) Adds all Composites of the internal CompositeGroup to the given AttributeList.
protected void	addContentBorder(AttributeList list) Method addContentBorder adds the content border sizes of the internal group to the parameter list.
protected void	addFoldStateAttributes(AttributeList list) Adds all fold-relevant elements of the internal group to the given AttributeList.
protected Attribute	getAnchorAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName, Anchor anchor)
protected CompositeGroup	getGroup() Returns the CompositeGroup to serialize.
protected Attribute	getSizeAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName, Size size) Returns an Attribute for a given Size instance.
AttributeList	serialize() Returns the CustomAttributes, CoordinateSystem, Location, Size, Transform and Primitives as AttributeList.

Methods inherited from class com.tensegrity.composite.persistence.CompositeSerializer

addCompositeAttributes, addFlag, addLocation, addSize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

group

protected CompositeGroup group

Holding the CompositeGroup to serialize.

Constructor Detail

CompositeGroupSerializer

public CompositeGroupSerializer(CompositeGroup group)

Constructor specifying the CompositeGroup to serialize.

Parameters:

group - the CompositeGroup to serialize.

Method Detail

serialize

public AttributeList serialize()
                        throws SerializeException

Description copied from class: CompositeSerializer

Returns the CustomAttributes, CoordinateSystem, Location, Size, Transform and Primitives as AttributeList.

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Overrides:

serialize in class CompositeSerializer

Throws:

SerializeException

See Also:

Serializer.serialize()

addCompositeGroupAttributes

protected void addCompositeGroupAttributes(AttributeList list)
                                    throws SerializeException

Adds the attributes of the internal CompositeGroup instance to the given AttributeList.

Parameters:

list - target list to add the values too.

Throws:

SerializeException - thrown whenever one of the attribute related operations throws an exception.

addComposites

protected void addComposites(AttributeList composites)
                      throws AttributeException,
                             ConstraintViolationException,
                             SerializeException

Adds all Composites of the internal CompositeGroup to the given AttributeList.

Parameters:

composites - the AttributeList to add the composites to.

Throws:

AttributeException - thrown when one of the attribute related operation throws an exception.

ConstraintViolationException - might be thrown if constraints are violated.

SerializeException - thrown if one of the internally used Serializers throws an exception.

addBoundingBox

protected void addBoundingBox(AttributeList list)
                       throws AttributeException,
                              ConstraintViolationException

Adds the Boundingbox of the internal group to the given AttributeList.

Parameters:

list - the AttributeList to add the BoundingBox to.

Throws:

AttributeException - thrown when one of the attribute related operation throws an exception.

ConstraintViolationException - might be thrown if constraints are violated.

addContentBorder

protected void addContentBorder(AttributeList list)
                         throws AttributeException,
                                ConstraintViolationException

Method addContentBorder adds the content border sizes of the internal group to the parameter list.

Parameters:

list - the AttributeList to add the content border sizes to.

Throws:

AttributeException - thrown when one of the attribute related operation throws an exception.

ConstraintViolationException - might be thrown if constraints are violated.

addFoldStateAttributes

protected void addFoldStateAttributes(AttributeList list)
                               throws AttributeException,
                                      ConstraintViolationException

Adds all fold-relevant elements of the internal group to the given AttributeList.

Parameters:

list - the AttributeList to add the content border sizes to.

Throws:

AttributeException - thrown when one of the attribute related operation throws an exception.

ConstraintViolationException - might be thrown if constraints are violated.

getSizeAttribute

protected Attribute getSizeAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName,
                                     Size size)
                              throws ConstraintViolationException,
                                     AttributeException

Returns an Attribute for a given Size instance. The method concatenates the size values comma separated and puts them into the value part of the resulting Attribute.

Parameters:

attributeName - a name for the returned Attribute.

size - the Size to retrieve an Attribute holding all significant properties for.

Returns:

the attribute containing a size.

Throws:

AttributeException - thrown when one of the attribute related operation throws an exception.

ConstraintViolationException - might be thrown if constraints are violated.

getAnchorAttribute

protected final Attribute getAnchorAttribute(java.lang.String attributeName,
                                             Anchor anchor)
                                      throws IllegalNameException,
                                             IllegalValueException,
                                             ConstraintViolationException

Throws:

IllegalNameException

IllegalValueException

ConstraintViolationException

getGroup

protected CompositeGroup getGroup()

Returns the CompositeGroup to serialize.

Returns:

the CompositeGroup to serialize.