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
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Method Details
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parse
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.
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