/*
* Copyright 2001-2013 Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
*/
package com.uwyn.rife.tools;
import com.uwyn.rife.tools.exceptions.InnerClassException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
/**
* By extending this class it's possible to provide the logic that should be
* executed by methods that allow interaction with a <code>Reader</code>.
* <p>This class has both a default constructor and one that can take a data
* object. This can be handy when using it as an extending anonymous inner
* class when you need to use variables inside the inner class that are
* cumbersome to change to <code>final</code> in the enclosing class.
*
* @author Geert Bevin (gbevin[remove] at uwyn dot com)
* @since 1.0
*/
public abstract class ReaderUser<ResultType, DataType> implements Cloneable
{
protected DataType data = null;
public ReaderUser()
{
}
public ReaderUser(DataType data)
{
this.data = data;
}
public DataType getData()
{
return data;
}
/**
* Calling this method makes it possible to throw a checked exception from
* within this class.
* <p>To catch it you should surround the using method with a
* <code>try-catch</code> block that catching
* <code>InnerClassException</code>. The original exception is then
* available through <code>getCause()</code> and can for example be
* rethrown.
*
* @throws com.uwyn.rife.tools.exceptions.InnerClassException
* when a checked exception needs to be
* thrown from within this class and caught outside the caller.
* @since 1.0
*/
public void throwException(Exception exception)
throws InnerClassException
{
throw new InnerClassException(exception);
}
/**
* Should be implemented by all extending classes.
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public abstract ResultType useReader(Reader reader) throws InnerClassException;
/**
* Simply clones the instance with the default clone method since this
* class contains no member variables.
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public Object clone()
{
try
{
return super.clone();
}
catch (CloneNotSupportedException e)
{
// this should never happen
Logger.getLogger("com.uwyn.rife.database").severe(ExceptionUtils.getExceptionStackTrace(e));
return null;
}
}
}