org.specrunner.util
Class UtilEvaluator

java.lang.Object
  org.specrunner.util.UtilEvaluator

public final class UtilEvaluator
extends Object

Utility class for expressions.

Author:

Thiago Santos

Field Summary

static String	END End code delimiter.
static char	ESCAPE Escape mark.
static String	START_CODE Start code delimiter.
static String	START_DATA Start code replacement.

Method Summary

static String	asExpression(String content) Given a content, surround it with the expression mark.
static Object	evaluate(String text, IContext context, boolean silent) Evaluates the text and returns an object.
static String	replace(String text, IContext context, boolean silent) Replace ids in text.
static String	replace(String text, String name, Object local) Replace the same string which appear many times in text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ESCAPE

public static final char ESCAPE

Escape mark.

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Constant Field Values

START_CODE

public static final String START_CODE

Start code delimiter.

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Constant Field Values

END

public static final String END

End code delimiter.

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START_DATA

public static final String START_DATA

Start code replacement.

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Method Detail

asExpression

public static String asExpression(String content)

Given a content, surround it with the expression mark.

Parameters:

content - The content to become an expression.

Returns:

The corresponding expression block.

evaluate

public static Object evaluate(String text,
                              IContext context,
                              boolean silent)
                       throws PluginException

Evaluates the text and returns an object.

Parameters:

text - The text expression.

context - A context.

silent - To evaluate expressions silently.

Returns:

The result.

Throws:

PluginException - On evaluation errors.

replace

public static String replace(String text,
                             IContext context,
                             boolean silent)
                      throws PluginException

Replace ids in text.

Parameters:

text - The text to be replaced.

context - A context.

silent - To evaluate expressions silently.

Returns:

The replaced text.

Throws:

PluginException - On replacing errors.

replace

public static String replace(String text,
                             String name,
                             Object local)

Replace the same string which appear many times in text.

Parameters:

text - The text to be replaced.

name - The name.

local - The replacing value.

Returns:

The replaced string.