er.rest
Class ERXRestUtils

java.lang.Object
  er.rest.ERXRestUtils

public class ERXRestUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Miscellaneous rest-related utility methods.

Author:

mschrag

Constructor Summary

ERXRestUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	coerceValueToAttributeType(java.lang.Object value, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOClassDescription parentEntity, java.lang.Object parentObject, java.lang.String attributeName) Parses the given String and returns an object.
static java.lang.String	coerceValueToString(java.lang.Object value) Convert the given object to a String (using REST formats).
static java.lang.Object	coerceValueToTypeNamed(java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String valueTypeName, IERXRestDelegate delegate)
protected static java.lang.String	dateFormat(boolean spaces)
static boolean	isPrimitive(java.lang.Class valueType) Returns whether or not the given class represents a primitive in REST.
static boolean	isPrimitive(java.lang.Object obj) Returns whether or not the given object represents a primitive in REST.
protected static java.lang.String	timestampFormat(boolean spaces)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ERXRestUtils

public ERXRestUtils()

Method Detail

isPrimitive

public static boolean isPrimitive(java.lang.Object obj)

Returns whether or not the given object represents a primitive in REST.

Parameters:

obj - the object to check

Returns:

whether or not the given object represents a primitive in REST

isPrimitive

public static boolean isPrimitive(java.lang.Class valueType)

Returns whether or not the given class represents a primitive in REST.

Parameters:

valueType - the class to check

Returns:

whether or not the given class represents a primitive in REST

coerceValueToString

public static java.lang.String coerceValueToString(java.lang.Object value)

Convert the given object to a String (using REST formats).

Parameters:

value - the value to convert

Returns:

the REST-formatted string

timestampFormat

protected static java.lang.String timestampFormat(boolean spaces)

dateFormat

protected static java.lang.String dateFormat(boolean spaces)

coerceValueToTypeNamed

public static java.lang.Object coerceValueToTypeNamed(java.lang.Object value,
                                                      java.lang.String valueTypeName,
                                                      IERXRestDelegate delegate)

coerceValueToAttributeType

public static java.lang.Object coerceValueToAttributeType(java.lang.Object value,
                                                          com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOClassDescription parentEntity,
                                                          java.lang.Object parentObject,
                                                          java.lang.String attributeName)

Parses the given String and returns an object.

Parameters:

value - the value of the attribute

parentEntity - the entity

attributeName - the name of the property

parentObject - the parent object

Returns:

a parsed version of the String