Class CommandParser

java.lang.Object

CommandParser

public final class CommandParser
extends Object

A class to contain the static method parse(String).

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Command	parse(String commandString) Parses a string command received from a client into its component parts, the type, parameters, and payload, and constructs a Command object to represent these components.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parse

public static Command parse(String commandString)

Parses a string command received from a client into its component parts, the type, parameters, and payload, and constructs a Command object to represent these components.

You may want to look at the Javadocs for String.

Parameters:

commandString - the command string to parse

Returns:

the Command corresponding to the input

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the commandString is syntactically invalid, meaning that it is of an unrecognized type or its components do not match its type; see Command for more details

See Also:

Command.Command(Command.Type, String, String, String)