Module tagtraum.japlscript

Package com.tagtraum.japlscript

Interface Codec<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Java type that instances of this interface decode to

All Known Implementing Classes:

Alias, Boolean, Data, Date, Double, Float, Integer, JaplScriptFile, Long, Picture, Point, Record, Rectangle, ReferenceImpl, RGBColor, Short, Tdta, Text, TypeClass

public interface Codec<T>

Object that is capable of both decoding (parsing) and encoding AppleScript objects (specifiers).

Author:

Hendrik Schreiber

See Also:

Reference

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default T	_decode(Reference reference)	Parse the given reference and create a corresponding Java object for it.
T	_decode(String objectReference, String applicationReference)	Parse the given reference and create a corresponding Java object for it.
String	_encode(Object object)	Encode the given object as valid AppleScript object reference.
TypeClass[]	_getAppleScriptTypes()	Array of AppleScript types that can be decoded with this class.
Class<? extends T>	_getJavaType()	The type used in Java interfaces that this Codec corresponds to.

Method Detail

_decode

T _decode(String objectReference,
          String applicationReference)

Parse the given reference and create a corresponding Java object for it. This may be a Reference object itself, but may also be a primitive, e.g. a string or a number.

Parameters:

objectReference - object reference or primitive

applicationReference - application reference (most likely empty for primitives)

Returns:

either a Reference or a primitive

_decode

default T _decode(Reference reference)

Parse the given reference and create a corresponding Java object for it. This may be a Reference object itself, but may also be a primitive, e.g. a string or a number.

Parameters:

reference - reference

Returns:

either a Reference or a primitive

_encode

String _encode(Object object)

Encode the given object as valid AppleScript object reference.

Parameters:

object - object

Returns:

an AppleScript formatted string

_getJavaType

Class<? extends T> _getJavaType()

The type used in Java interfaces that this Codec corresponds to. In case a primitive type is available (e.g. Integer.TYPE), that type should be returned.

Returns:

class

_getAppleScriptTypes

TypeClass[] _getAppleScriptTypes()

Array of AppleScript types that can be decoded with this class.

Returns:

array of types