com.metamatrix.core.commandshell
Class ConnectorResultUtility

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.core.commandshell.ConnectorResultUtility

public class ConnectorResultUtility
extends java.lang.Object

Provides utility methods for manipulating the results of executing commands against a connector.

Constructor Summary

ConnectorResultUtility()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	compareResultsStrings(java.lang.String expected, java.lang.String actual) Compares two sets of results to determine if they are identical.
static java.lang.String	resultsToString(java.util.List results)
static java.lang.String	resultsToString(java.util.List results, java.lang.String[] columnNames) Converts a List of Lists, where each sub-list is a row of data, into a tab delimited String where each line is a row of data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConnectorResultUtility

public ConnectorResultUtility()

Method Detail

resultsToString

public static java.lang.String resultsToString(java.util.List results,
                                               java.lang.String[] columnNames)

Converts a List of Lists, where each sub-list is a row of data, into a tab delimited String where each line is a row of data. Each object is converted to a String.

Parameters:

results - a List of Lists of data typcially obtained by executing a command on a connector through the ConnectorHost

Returns:

the results converted to a tab delimited String

resultsToString

public static java.lang.String resultsToString(java.util.List results)

compareResultsStrings

public static java.lang.String compareResultsStrings(java.lang.String expected,
                                                     java.lang.String actual)

Compares two sets of results to determine if they are identical. The results are in the string form provided by the resultsToString method.

Parameters:

expected - String form of the expected results

actual - String form of the actual results

Returns:

null if the String are identical or a description of the first difference if they are different