com.hp.util.health

Class HealthUtils

java.lang.Object

com.hp.util.health.HealthUtils

public class HealthUtils
extends Object

This class provides auxiliary support for encoding/decoding Health instances.

Author:

Simon Hunt, Scott Simes, Nadeaa Mendoza, Frank Wood

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HealthUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <C extends Enum<C>> Health<C>	decode(String blueprint) Produces an instance of health from a blueprint string previously generated via the encode(Health) method.
static <C extends Enum<C>> String	encode(Health<C> health) Takes a health instance and produces a string representation of that instance, which can later be used to reconstitute an equivalent instance, via the decode(String) method.
static String	preserveClassCodecs()
static void	restoreClassCodecs(String memento) Restore the codecs using the supplied memento string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HealthUtils

public HealthUtils()

Method Detail

preserveClassCodecs

public static String preserveClassCodecs()

restoreClassCodecs

public static void restoreClassCodecs(String memento)

Restore the codecs using the supplied memento string.

Parameters:

memento - memento containing the encoding of the codecs

encode

public static <C extends Enum<C>> String encode(Health<C> health)

Takes a health instance and produces a string representation of that instance, which can later be used to reconstitute an equivalent instance, via the decode(String) method.

Parameters:

health - the instance to encode

Returns:

the string representation

decode

public static <C extends Enum<C>> Health<C> decode(String blueprint)

Produces an instance of health from a blueprint string previously generated via the encode(Health) method.

Parameters:

blueprint - the string representation

Returns:

an instance of health

Throws:

NullPointerException - if blueprint is null

IllegalArgumentException - if blueprint cannot be decoded correctly