edu.buffalo.fs7.qsymbol2
Class NameStripper

java.lang.Object
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public class NameStripper

extends java.lang.Object

this class is a helper class to translate the naming convention of the Gate variables into a nested structure of GateContainers. For example a gate named topgroup.group.gate will translate into three gate containers named gate, nested into the one named group, nested into the one called topgroup. In order to facilitate grouping and ungrouping this class tokenizes the name of a variable and strips away for example the leading (toplevel) part.

See Also:

GateContainer, Gate

Field Summary

protected java.util.Vector

tokens holds the parts of the name

Constructor Summary

NameStripper(java.lang.String name)
create a NameStripper object for a given string.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getFullName() returns the full name
java.lang.String	getGroup(int i) returns a specified part of the name. 0 is the top level.
int	getGroupCount() counts the number of group levels.
java.util.Enumeration	getGroups() returns the parts of the name in order from top level to lowest level
java.lang.String	getName() returns the lowest order name
void	removeGroup(int i) removes a certain part of the name. 0 is the top level.
void	stripLeadingGroup() removes the top level group name
java.lang.String	toString() outputs all groups separated by tabs

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

tokens

protected java.util.Vector tokens

holds the parts of the name

Constructor Detail

NameStripper

public NameStripper(java.lang.String name)

create a NameStripper object for a given string. The separator is the charakter '.'

Method Detail

stripLeadingGroup

public void stripLeadingGroup()

removes the top level group name

getFullName

public java.lang.String getFullName()

returns the full name

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

returns the lowest order name

getGroupCount

public int getGroupCount()

counts the number of group levels.

Returns:

if the name is containing of only one part it returns 0

getGroup

public java.lang.String getGroup(int i)

returns a specified part of the name. 0 is the top level.

getGroups

public java.util.Enumeration getGroups()

returns the parts of the name in order from top level to lowest level

removeGroup

public void removeGroup(int i)

removes a certain part of the name. 0 is the top level.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

outputs all groups separated by tabs

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object