//Dstl (c) Crown Copyright 2017
package uk.gov.dstl.baleen.core.utils;
/**
* Utilities to help with the configuration of annotators or other components
*
*
*/
public class ConfigUtils {
private ConfigUtils(){
// Private constructor as all our functions should be static in a Utils class
}
/**
* Convert a String to an Integer, falling back to a defaultValue if the String cannot be parsed.
*
* This is useful because there are issues passing an integer directly through UimaFIT to a component,
* and currently we need to pass it as a String and convert it.
*
* @param s The string to parse
* @param defaultValue The default value to use if parsing the String fails
* @return The parsed Integer, or the default value of the String cannot be parsed
*/
public static Integer stringToInteger(String s, Integer defaultValue){
try{
return Integer.parseInt(s);
}catch(NumberFormatException nfe){
return defaultValue;
}
}
/**
* Convert a String to a Float, falling back to a defaultValue if the String cannot be parsed.
*
* This is useful because there are issues passing an float directly through UimaFIT to a component,
* and currently we need to pass it as a String and convert it.
*
* @param s The string to parse
* @param defaultValue The default value to use if parsing the String fails
* @return The parsed Float, or the default value of the String cannot be parsed
*/
public static Float stringToFloat(String s, Float defaultValue){
try{
return Float.parseFloat(s);
}catch(NumberFormatException nfe){
return defaultValue;
}
}
/**
* Convert a String to a Long, falling back to a defaultValue if the String cannot be parsed.
*
* This is useful because there are issues passing an float directly through UimaFIT to a component,
* and currently we need to pass it as a String and convert it.
*
* @param s The string to parse
* @param defaultValue The default value to use if parsing the String fails
* @return The parsed Long, or the default value of the String cannot be parsed
*/
public static Long stringToLong(String s, Long defaultValue){
try{
return Long.parseLong(s);
}catch(NumberFormatException nfe){
return defaultValue;
}
}
}