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Class ValueParser</H2>
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java.lang.Object
<IMG SRC="../../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by"><B>org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.ValueParser</B>
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<DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/view/tools/ParameterParser.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools.view.tools">ParameterParser</A></DD>
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<DT>public class <B>ValueParser</B><DT>extends java.lang.Object</DL>
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<p>Utility class for easy parsing of String values held in a Map.</p>
<p><pre>
Template example(s):
$parser.foo -> bar
$parser.getNumber('baz') -> 12.6
$parser.getInt('baz') -> 12
$parser.getNumbers('foo') -> [12.6]
Toolbox configuration:
&lt;tool&gt;
&lt;key&gt;parser&lt;/key&gt;
&lt;class&gt;org.apache.velocity.generic.Parser&lt;/class&gt;
&lt;/tool&gt;
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<p>This comes in very handy when parsing parameters.</p>
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>VelocityTools 1.2</DD>
<DT><B>Version:</B></DT>
<DD>$Revision: 326944 $ $Date: 2005-10-20 09:48:02 -0700 (Thu, 20 Oct 2005) $</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
<DD><a href="mailto:nathan@esha.com">Nathan Bubna</a></DD>
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<CODE>private &nbsp;java.util.Map</CODE></FONT></TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/ValueParser.html#exists(java.lang.String)">exists</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convenience method for checking whether a certain parameter exists.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Converts a parameter value into a <CODE>Boolean</CODE>
Sub-classes can override to allow for customized boolean parsing.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/ValueParser.html#parseNumber(java.lang.String)">parseNumber</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;value)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Converts a parameter value into a <CODE>Number</CODE>
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source</H3>
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private java.util.Map <B>source</B></PRE>
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ValueParser</H3>
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public <B>ValueParser</B>()</PRE>
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ValueParser</H3>
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public <B>ValueParser</B>(java.util.Map&nbsp;source)</PRE>
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setSource</H3>
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protected void <B>setSource</B>(java.util.Map&nbsp;source)</PRE>
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protected java.util.Map <B>getSource</B>()</PRE>
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exists</H3>
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public boolean <B>exists</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
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<DD>Convenience method for checking whether a certain parameter exists.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the parameter's key
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if a parameter exists for the specified
key; otherwise, returns <code>false</code>.</DL>
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get</H3>
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public java.lang.String <B>get</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
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<DD>Convenience method for use in Velocity templates.
This allows for easy "dot" access to parameters.
e.g. $params.foo instead of $params.getString('foo')
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the parameter's key
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>parameter matching the specified key or
<code>null</code> if there is no matching
parameter</DL>
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getString</H3>
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public java.lang.String <B>getString</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the parameter's key
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>parameter matching the specified key or
<code>null</code> if there is no matching
parameter</DL>
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getString</H3>
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public java.lang.String <B>getString</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
java.lang.String&nbsp;alternate)</PRE>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the desired parameter's key<DD><CODE>alternate</CODE> - The alternate value
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>parameter matching the specified key or the
specified alternate String if there is no matching
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getBoolean</H3>
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public java.lang.Boolean <B>getBoolean</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the desired parameter's key
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a <CODE>Boolean</CODE> object for the specified key or
<code>null</code> if no matching parameter is found</DL>
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getBoolean</H3>
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public boolean <B>getBoolean</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
boolean&nbsp;alternate)</PRE>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the desired parameter's key<DD><CODE>alternate</CODE> - The alternate boolean value
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>boolean value for the specified key or the
alternate boolean is no value is found</DL>
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getBoolean</H3>
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public java.lang.Boolean <B>getBoolean</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
java.lang.Boolean&nbsp;alternate)</PRE>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the desired parameter's key<DD><CODE>alternate</CODE> - the alternate <CODE>Boolean</CODE>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a <CODE>Boolean</CODE> for the specified key or the specified
alternate if no matching parameter is found</DL>
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getNumber</H3>
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public java.lang.Number <B>getNumber</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the desired parameter's key
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a <CODE>Number</CODE> for the specified key or
<code>null</code> if no matching parameter is found</DL>
</DD>
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getNumber</H3>
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public java.lang.Number <B>getNumber</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
java.lang.Number&nbsp;alternate)</PRE>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the desired parameter's key<DD><CODE>alternate</CODE> - The alternate Number
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a Number for the specified key or the specified
alternate if no matching parameter is found</DL>
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getInt</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>getInt</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
int&nbsp;alternate)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the desired parameter's key<DD><CODE>alternate</CODE> - The alternate int value
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the int value for the specified key or the specified
alternate value if no matching parameter is found</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getDouble(java.lang.String, double)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getDouble</H3>
<PRE>
public double <B>getDouble</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key,
double&nbsp;alternate)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the desired parameter's key<DD><CODE>alternate</CODE> - The alternate double value
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the double value for the specified key or the specified
alternate value if no matching parameter is found</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getStrings(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getStrings</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String[] <B>getStrings</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the key for the desired parameter
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array of String objects containing all of the values
associated with the given key, or <code>null</code>
if the no values are associated with the given key</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getBooleans(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getBooleans</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.Boolean[] <B>getBooleans</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the key for the desired parameter
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array of Boolean objects associated with the given key.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getNumbers(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getNumbers</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.Number[] <B>getNumbers</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the key for the desired parameter
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array of Number objects associated with the given key,
or <code>null</code> if Numbers are not associated with it.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getInts(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getInts</H3>
<PRE>
public int[] <B>getInts</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the key for the desired parameter
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array of int values associated with the given key,
or <code>null</code> if numbers are not associated with it.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getDoubles(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getDoubles</H3>
<PRE>
public double[] <B>getDoubles</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;key)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - the key for the desired parameter
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array of double values associated with the given key,
or <code>null</code> if numbers are not associated with it.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="parseNumber(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
parseNumber</H3>
<PRE>
protected java.lang.Number <B>parseNumber</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;value)
throws java.lang.NumberFormatException</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Converts a parameter value into a <CODE>Number</CODE>
This is used as the base for all numeric parsing methods. So,
sub-classes can override to allow for customized number parsing.
(e.g. to handle fractions, compound numbers, etc.)
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>value</CODE> - the string to be parsed
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the value as a <CODE>Number</CODE>
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.NumberFormatException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="parseBoolean(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
parseBoolean</H3>
<PRE>
protected java.lang.Boolean <B>parseBoolean</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;value)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Converts a parameter value into a <CODE>Boolean</CODE>
Sub-classes can override to allow for customized boolean parsing.
(e.g. to handle "Yes/No" or "T/F")
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>value</CODE> - the string to be parsed
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the value as a <CODE>Boolean</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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