uk.ac.leeds.ccg.andyt.projects.moses.utilities
Class StaticConverter

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.leeds.ccg.andyt.projects.moses.utilities.StaticConverter

public abstract class StaticConverter
extends java.lang.Object

A class of static methods used to convert between types of Object and primitive.

Constructor Summary

StaticConverter()

Method Summary

static boolean	to_boolean(java.lang.String aString)
static int	to_int(java.lang.String aString)
static long	to_long(java.lang.String aString)
static short	to_short(java.lang.String aString)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StaticConverter

public StaticConverter()

Method Detail

to_int

public static int to_int(java.lang.String aString)

Parameters:

aString - The String to be converted to an int.

Returns:

an int derived from aString. This does no checking: return new BigInteger(aString).intValue();

to_boolean

public static boolean to_boolean(java.lang.String aString)

Parameters:

aString - The String to be converted to a boolean.

Returns:

a boolean derived from aString. if (to_int(aString) == 1 || aString.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) { return true; } return false;

to_short

public static short to_short(java.lang.String aString)

Parameters:

aString - The String to be converted to an short.

Returns:

A short derived from aString. return (short) to_int(aString);

to_long

public static long to_long(java.lang.String aString)

Parameters:

aString - The String to be converted to a long.

Returns:

a long derived from aString. This tries to cope with exponential notation (e.g. 3.4E10) by catching NumberFormatExceptions when running: return new BigInteger(aString).longValue();