org.exoplatform.web.controller

Class QualifiedName

java.lang.Object

org.exoplatform.web.controller.QualifiedName

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<QualifiedName>

public class QualifiedName
extends Object
implements Comparable<QualifiedName>

A qualified name that is a qualifier and a name. It can be seen as a simplified version of an XML QName that retains only the prefix (qualifier) and the local name (name) and leaves out the namespace.

Qualified names have a string representation that is equals to the concatenation of the qualifier and name separated by a colon (:) character. When the

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(QualifiedName o)
static QualifiedName	create(String name) Creates a qualified name with an empty string qualifier.
static QualifiedName	create(String qualifier, String name) Creates a qualified name.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getName() Returns the name.
String	getQualifier() Returns the qualifier.
String	getValue() Returns the string representation.
int	hashCode()
static QualifiedName	parse(String qname) Parse the string representation of a qname and returns a qualified name.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

parse

public static QualifiedName parse(String qname)
                           throws IllegalArgumentException

Parse the string representation of a qname and returns a qualified name.

Parameters:

qname - the qname to parse

Returns:

the corresponding qualified name

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the qname argument is null

IllegalArgumentException - if the qname argument contains more than one colon character

create

public static QualifiedName create(String qualifier,
                                   String name)
                            throws NullPointerException,
                                   IllegalArgumentException

Creates a qualified name.

Parameters:

qualifier - the qualifier

name - the name

Returns:

the qualified name

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any argument is null

IllegalArgumentException - if any argument contains a colon character

create

public static QualifiedName create(String name)
                            throws NullPointerException,
                                   IllegalArgumentException

Creates a qualified name with an empty string qualifier.

Parameters:

name - the name

Returns:

the qualified name

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any argument is null

IllegalArgumentException - if any argument contains a colon character

getQualifier

public String getQualifier()

Returns the qualifier.

Returns:

the qualifier

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name.

Returns:

the name

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns the string representation.

Returns:

the string representation

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(QualifiedName o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<QualifiedName>

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object