org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.aci
Class ACIItemParser

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.aci.ACIItemParser

public class ACIItemParser

extends java.lang.Object

A reusable wrapper around the antlr generated parser for an ACIItem as defined by X.501. This class enables the reuse of the antlr parser/lexer pair without having to recreate them every time.

Version:

$Rev: 434411 $

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Constructor Summary

ACIItemParser(java.util.Map oidsMap)
Creates a ACIItem parser.

ACIItemParser(NameComponentNormalizer normalizer, java.util.Map oidsMap)
Creates a normalizing ACIItem parser.

Method Summary

boolean	isNormizing() Tests to see if this parser is normalizing.
ACIItem	parse(java.lang.String spec) Parses an ACIItem without exhausting the parser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ACIItemParser

public ACIItemParser(java.util.Map oidsMap)

Creates a ACIItem parser.

ACIItemParser

public ACIItemParser(NameComponentNormalizer normalizer,
                     java.util.Map oidsMap)

Creates a normalizing ACIItem parser.

Method Detail

parse

public ACIItem parse(java.lang.String spec)
              throws java.text.ParseException

Parses an ACIItem without exhausting the parser.

Parameters:

spec - the specification to be parsed

Returns:

the specification bean

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - if there are any recognition errors (bad syntax)

isNormizing

public boolean isNormizing()

Tests to see if this parser is normalizing.

Returns:

true if it normalizes false otherwise