org.modeshape.sequencer.ddl
Interface DdlParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

Db2DdlParser, DerbyDdlParser, MySqlDdlParser, OracleDdlParser, PostgresDdlParser, SqlServerDdlParser, StandardDdlParser, SybaseDdlParser

public interface DdlParser

Interface for parsing DDL files.

Method Summary

String	getId() Get the identifier for this parser.
void	parse(String ddl, AstNode rootNode, Object scoreReturnObject) Parses a DDL string, adding child AstNodes and properties to the supplied root.
Object	score(String ddl, String fileName, DdlParserScorer scorer) Determine this parser's score for the given DDL string.

Method Detail

score

Object score(String ddl,
             String fileName,
             DdlParserScorer scorer)
             throws ParsingException

Determine this parser's score for the given DDL string. This method is called to determine how well this parser handles the supplied DDL, and is often called before the parse(String, AstNode, Object) method.

Parameters:

ddl - the input string to parse; may not be null

fileName - the name of the DDL content, which may be used to improve the score; may be null if not known

scorer - the scorer that should be used to record the score; may not be null

Returns:

an object that will be passed to the parse(String, AstNode,Object) method

Throws:

ParsingException - if there is an error parsing the supplied DDL content

parse

void parse(String ddl,
           AstNode rootNode,
           Object scoreReturnObject)
           throws ParsingException

Parses a DDL string, adding child AstNodes and properties to the supplied root. This method instantiates the tokenizer, calls a method to allow subclasses to register keywords and statement start phrases with the tokenizer and finally performs the tokenizing (i.e. tokens.start()) before calling the actual parse method.

Parameters:

ddl - the input string to parse; may not be null

rootNode - the top level AstNode; may not be null

scoreReturnObject - the object returned from score(String, String, DdlParserScorer) for the same DDL content; may be null if the score(String, String, DdlParserScorer) method was not called

Throws:

ParsingException - if there is an error parsing the supplied DDL content

getId

String getId()

Get the identifier for this parser.

Returns:

the parser's identifier; never null