sleep.bridges

Class BridgeUtilities

public class BridgeUtilities extends Object

A bridge is a class that bridges your applications API and sleep. Bridges are created using interfaces from the sleep.interfaces package. Arguments are passed to bridges generally in a java.util.Stack form. The Stack of arguments contains sleep Scalar objects. The BridgeUtilities makes it safer and easier for you to extract Java types from arguments.

 // some code to execute an internal add function, not a complete example
 
 public class MyAddFunction implements Function
 {
    public Scalar evaluate(String name, ScriptInstance script, Stack arguments) 
    {
       if (name.equals("&add"))
       {
          int a = BridgeUtilities.getInt(arguments, 0);  
          int b = BridgeUtilities.getInt(arguments, 0); 
  
          return SleepUtils.getScalar(a + b); 
       }
 
       return SleepUtils.getEmptyScalar();
    }
 }

Method Summary
static Map	extractNamedParameters(Stack args) extracts all named parameters from the argument stack. this method returns a Map whose keys are strings and values are Scalars.
static Scalar	flattenArray(Scalar fromValue, Scalar toValue) Flattens the specified scalar array.
static Scalar	flattenIterator(Iterator i, Scalar toValue) Flattens the specified arrays within the specified iterator.
static ScalarArray	getArray(Stack arguments) grab a sleep array, if the stack is empty a scalar array with no elements will be returned.
static Class	getClass(Stack arguments, Class defaultValue) grab a class, if the stack is empty the default value will be returned
static double	getDouble(Stack arguments) grab a double. if the stack is empty a 0 will be returned
static double	getDouble(Stack arguments, double defaultValue) grab a double, if the stack is empty the default value will be returned
static File	getFile(Stack arguments) returns a File object from a string argument, the path in the string argument is transformed such that the character / will refer to the correct path separator for the current OS.
static SleepClosure	getFunction(Stack arguments, ScriptInstance script) retrieves an executable Function object from the stack.
static ScalarHash	getHash(Stack arguments) grab a sleep hash, if the stack is empty a scalar hash with no members will be returned.
static int	getInt(Stack arguments) grab an integer. if the stack is empty 0 will be returned.
static int	getInt(Stack arguments, int defaultValue) grab an integer, if the stack is empty the default value will be returned
static Iterator	getIterator(Stack arguments, ScriptInstance script) grabs a scalar iterator, this can come from either an array or a closure called continuously until $null is returned.
static KeyValuePair	getKeyValuePair(Stack arguments) Pops a Key/Value pair object off of the argument stack.
static long	getLong(Stack arguments) grab a long. if the stack is empty 0 will be returned.
static long	getLong(Stack arguments, long defaultValue) grab a long, if the stack is empty the default value will be returned
static Object	getObject(Stack arguments) grab an object, if the stack is empty then null will be returned.
static Scalar	getScalar(Stack arguments) grab a scalar, if the stack is empty the empty/null scalar will be returned.
static String	getString(Stack arguments, String defaultValue) grab a string, if the stack is empty or if the value is null the default value will be returned.
static ScalarArray	getWorkableArray(Stack arguments) grab a sleep array, if the grabbed array is a readonly array, a copy is returned. if the stack is empty an array with no elements will be returned.
static int	normalize(int value, int length) normalizes the index value based on the specified length
static byte[]	toByteArrayNoConversion(String textz) converts the specified string to an array of bytes (useful as Sleep stores byte arrays to strings)

Method Detail

extractNamedParameters

public static Map extractNamedParameters(Stack args)

extracts all named parameters from the argument stack. this method returns a Map whose keys are strings and values are Scalars.

flattenArray

public static Scalar flattenArray(Scalar fromValue, Scalar toValue)

Flattens the specified scalar array. The toValue field can be null.

flattenIterator

public static Scalar flattenIterator(Iterator i, Scalar toValue)

Flattens the specified arrays within the specified iterator. The toValue field can be null.

getArray

public static ScalarArray getArray(Stack arguments)

grab a sleep array, if the stack is empty a scalar array with no elements will be returned.

getClass

public static Class getClass(Stack arguments, Class defaultValue)

grab a class, if the stack is empty the default value will be returned

getDouble

public static double getDouble(Stack arguments)

grab a double. if the stack is empty a 0 will be returned

getDouble

public static double getDouble(Stack arguments, double defaultValue)

grab a double, if the stack is empty the default value will be returned

getFile

public static File getFile(Stack arguments)

returns a File object from a string argument, the path in the string argument is transformed such that the character / will refer to the correct path separator for the current OS. Returns null if no file is specified as an argument.

getFunction

public static SleepClosure getFunction(Stack arguments, ScriptInstance script)

retrieves an executable Function object from the stack. Functions can be passed as closures or as a reference to a built-in Sleep subroutine i.e. &my_func.

getHash

public static ScalarHash getHash(Stack arguments)

grab a sleep hash, if the stack is empty a scalar hash with no members will be returned.

getInt

public static int getInt(Stack arguments)

grab an integer. if the stack is empty 0 will be returned.

getInt

public static int getInt(Stack arguments, int defaultValue)

grab an integer, if the stack is empty the default value will be returned

getIterator

public static Iterator getIterator(Stack arguments, ScriptInstance script)

grabs a scalar iterator, this can come from either an array or a closure called continuously until $null is returned.

getKeyValuePair

public static KeyValuePair getKeyValuePair(Stack arguments)

Pops a Key/Value pair object off of the argument stack. A Key/Value pair is created using the => operator within Sleep scripts. If the top argument on this stack was not created using =>, this function will try to parse a key/value pair using the pattern: [key]=[value]