Interface NameParser

public interface NameParser

This interface is used for parsing names from a hierarchical namespace. The NameParser contains knowledge of the syntactic information (like left-to-right orientation, name separator, etc.) needed to parse names. The equals() method, when used to compare two NameParsers, returns true if and only if they serve the same namespace.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

CompoundName, Name

Methods

parse

Name parse(String name)
    throws NamingException

Parses a name into its components.

Parameters:

name - The non-null string name to parse.

Returns:

A non-null parsed form of the name using the naming convention of this parser.

Throws:

InvalidNameException - If name does not conform to syntax defined for the namespace.

NamingException - If a naming exception was encountered.