Package org.palladiosimulator.commons.stoex.api.impl.generic

Interface GenericStoExSerialiser

All Known Subinterfaces:

PlainStoExSerialiser

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericStoExSerialiserImpl, PlainStoExSerialiserImpl

public interface GenericStoExSerialiser

Service interface for StoEx serialisers. The serialiser transforms an Expression to human readable conrete syntax. You can acquire an instance of the parser via OSGi declarative services or use the #createInstance() method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	serialise(AbstractNamedReference reference)	Serialises an AbstractNamedReference to a human readable text.
String	serialise(Expression expression)	Serialises an Expression to a human readable text.

Method Details

serialise

String serialise(Expression expression)
          throws NotSerializableException

Serialises an Expression to a human readable text.

Parameters:

expression - The expression to serialise.

Returns:

The concrete syntax representation of the given expression.

Throws:

NotSerializableException - In case of an error during serialisation. This is usually caused by an invalid expression.

serialise

String serialise(AbstractNamedReference reference)
          throws NotSerializableException

Serialises an AbstractNamedReference to a human readable text.

Parameters:

reference - The reference to serialise.

Returns:

The concrete syntax representation of the given reference.

Throws:

NotSerializableException - In case of an error during serialisation. This is usually caused by an invalid reference.