org.knime.base.data.util
Class DataCellStringMapper

java.lang.Object
  org.knime.base.data.util.DataCellStringMapper

public final class DataCellStringMapper
extends Object

Allow a mapping of arbitrary DataCells to unique, well-behaved strings, for example for usage with external executables that may frown upon parsing arbitrary strings. Keeps two maps for each direction (DataCell <-> String) and creates new, unique Strings for unknown DataCells.

Author:

Michael Berthold, University of Konstanz, Nicolas Cebron, University of Konstanz

Constructor Summary

DataCellStringMapper()
Public constructor.

Method Summary

String	dataCellToString(DataCell cell)
static DataCellStringMapper	load(ConfigRO config) Reads a DataCellStringMapper from given ConfigRO.
String	origStringToString(String origString)
void	save(ConfigWO config) Saves the DataCellStringMapper> to the given ConfigWO.
DataCell	stringToDataCell(String str)
String	stringToOrigString(String str)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataCellStringMapper

public DataCellStringMapper()

Public constructor.

Method Detail

dataCellToString

public String dataCellToString(DataCell cell)

Parameters:

cell - DataCell to be replaced

Returns:

unique string representation

origStringToString

public String origStringToString(String origString)

Parameters:

origString - the original 'ugly' string

Returns:

unique string representation

stringToDataCell

public DataCell stringToDataCell(String str)

Parameters:

str - string representation

Returns:

DataCell represented by the string

stringToOrigString

public String stringToOrigString(String str)

Parameters:

str - string representation

Returns:

string original string

save

public void save(ConfigWO config)

Saves the DataCellStringMapper> to the given ConfigWO.

Parameters:

config - Save settings to.

load

public static DataCellStringMapper load(ConfigRO config)
                                 throws InvalidSettingsException

Reads a DataCellStringMapper from given ConfigRO.

Parameters:

config - to read the mapper from

Returns:

A new DataCellStringMapper object.

Throws:

InvalidSettingsException - If the settings could not be read.