ujap.bibi
Class ParseAndEdit

java.lang.Object
  ujap.bibi.ParseAndEdit

Direct Known Subclasses:

PaeBibtexEntry, PaePubmedAuthors, PaePubmedEntry

public abstract class ParseAndEdit

extends Object

Parses a text, and if some ParseException happens, a text area is displayed to allow the user to correct the problem.
Overwrite the parse method to define what parser is to be used to handle the text.
Instantiate the class and pass the source of the text (a String or a File) to the constructor.

Author:

Ute Platzer

Field Summary

private Object

textSource a String or File that is to be parsed

Constructor Summary

protected

ParseAndEdit(Object textSource)

Method Summary

(package private) Reader	convert(Object textSource) Convert the text source (File or String) to a Reader.
(package private) abstract Object	parse(Reader r) overwrite to call specific parser
Object	start()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

textSource

private Object textSource

a String or File that is to be parsed

Constructor Detail

ParseAndEdit

protected ParseAndEdit(Object textSource)

Parameters:

textSource - a File or a String.

Method Detail

start

public Object start()

convert

Reader convert(Object textSource)

Convert the text source (File or String) to a Reader. The Parser is expected to accept tokens from a Reader.

parse

abstract Object parse(Reader r)
               throws ParseException

overwrite to call specific parser

Throws:

ParseException