com.screenscraper.util.parsing.name

Interface NameParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnglishNameParser

public interface NameParser

Basic methods required for a name parser

Version:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Name	parse(java.lang.String name) Method that parses a name.

Method Detail

parse

@Nullable
Name parse(@NotNull
                      java.lang.String name)
               throws java.text.ParseException

Method that parses a name. It will convert the string to a Name that can then be used elsewhere

Parameters:

name - The string representation of the name

Returns:

The Name object that was parsed. If the name fails to parse but no meaningful reason is given, null may be returned instead of throwing an exception

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - If there is an error parsing the name