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mimis/java/src/com/eaio/nativecall/Verifier.java
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/*
* Verifier.java
*
* Created on 07.09.2004.
*
* eaio: NativeCall - calling operating system methods from Java
* Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Johann Burkard (<mailto:jb@eaio.com>)
* <http://eaio.com>
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
* in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
* OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
* NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
* DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
* OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
* USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*
*/
package com.eaio.nativecall;
/**
* A Verifier implements method and module name checking for one given
* operating system. Classes implementing Verifier must be public and have
* a public no-argument constructor.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:jb@eaio.com">Johann Burkard</a>
* @version $Id: Verifier.java,v 1.1 2006/01/05 20:02:44 grnull Exp $
*/
public interface Verifier {
/**
* If there is a default module that system functions are stored in, the
* module's name may be returned here.
*
* @return the name of a default module or <code>null</code>
* @see NativeCall#NativeCall(String)
*/
String getDefaultModule();
/**
* Returns if this Verifier supports the given operating system.
*
* @return if this operating system is supported
* @throws SecurityException because {@link java.lang.System} properties
* may be queried
*/
boolean supports() throws SecurityException;
/**
* Verifies that the given module name is correct.
*
* @param module the module name, may be <code>null</code>
* @return a module name, possibly modified, never <code>null</code>
* @throws NullPointerException if the module name is <code>null</code>
* and there is no default module defined
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the module is illegal in the
* operating system
* @see #getDefaultModule()
*/
String verifyModuleName(String module)
throws NullPointerException, IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Verifies that the given function name is correct.
*
* @param function the function name, may be <code>null</code>
* @return a function name, possibly modified, never <code>null</code>
* @throws NullPointerException if the function name is <code>null</code>
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the function is illegal in the
* operating system
*/
String verifyFunctionName(String function)
throws NullPointerException, IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Converts the given String to one of the following data types, based on the
* module and the function name:
* <br>
* <ul>
* <li>a <code>byte</code> array</li>
* <li>a <code>char</code> array</li>
* </ul>
*
* @param val the String, never <code>null</code>
* @param module the module name, never <code>null</code>
* @param function the function name, never <code>null</code>
* @return the String converted, never <code>null</code>
*/
Object handleString(String val, String module, String function);
}