Package org.cis1200

Class CommandParser

java.lang.Object

org.cis1200.CommandParser

public final class CommandParser
extends Object

The CommandParser class includes a single static method that can convert a String into the appropriate Command object that it represents. You do not need to modify this file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Command	parse(int senderId, String commandString)	Parses a string received from a client into its component parts, and creates a Command object representing it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

parse

public static Command parse(int senderId,
 String commandString)

Parses a string received from a client into its component parts, and creates a Command object representing it. The commandString has the form "COMMAND param0? param1? :? payload?" where the COMMAND is one of "CREATE", "INVITE", etc. and may be followed by zero, one or two parameters, and optionally a payload. See the toString methods of the various Command subclasses for the formatting of various commands.

Parameters:

senderId - The userId for the sender of the command

commandString - The command string to parse

Returns:

a subclass of Command corresponding to the string

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the commandString is syntactically invalid, meaning that it is of an unrecognized type or its components do not match its type.