org.jcsp.net
Class Utils

java.lang.Object
  org.jcsp.net.Utils

public class Utils
extends Object

This class provides some utility methods that developers might find useful when implementing JCSP.NET communication protocol drivers.

Author:

Quickstone Technologies Limited

Constructor Summary

Utils()

Method Summary

static String	arrayToString(String[] array) This takes a String[] and returns a String that can be converted back into an identical String[] using the stringToArray method.
static String[]	stringToArray(String str) This takes a String in the form of that returned from the arrayToString method and returns a String[].

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Utils

public Utils()

Method Detail

arrayToString

public static String arrayToString(String[] array)

This takes a String[] and returns a String that can be converted back into an identical String[] using the stringToArray method.

The intended purpose of this is to possibly aid in implementing the getStringForm() method of the abstract NodeAddressID class.

Parameters:

array - the String[] to convert into a String.

Returns:

the converted array as a String.

stringToArray

public static String[] stringToArray(String str)

This takes a String in the form of that returned from the arrayToString method and returns a String[].

The intended purpose of this is to possibly aid in implementing the getAddressIDFromString() method of the abstract NodeAddressID class.

Parameters:

str - the String to convert back into a String[].

Returns:

the converted String as a String[].