com.ryanm.config.serial
Interface ConfigurationStringFormatter

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLFormatter

public interface ConfigurationStringFormatter

Converts between the current state of a configurator tree and strings

Author:

s9902505

Method Summary

java.lang.String	format(Configurator[] confs) Generates a formatted String, suitable for writing to a file, from the supplied Configurators
void	parse(Configurator[] confs, java.lang.String string) Sets the state of the supplied configurators according to the supplied string

Method Detail

format

java.lang.String format(Configurator[] confs)

Generates a formatted String, suitable for writing to a file, from the supplied Configurators

Parameters:

confs - An array of configurators, whose state should be encoded into the string

Returns:

A formatted String

parse

void parse(Configurator[] confs,
           java.lang.String string)

Sets the state of the supplied configurators according to the supplied string

Parameters:

confs - The configurators to set

string - The string to set from