com.squareup.javapoet

Class NameAllocator

java.lang.Object

com.squareup.javapoet.NameAllocator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public final class NameAllocator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable

Assigns Java identifier names to avoid collisions, keywords, and invalid characters. To use, first create an instance and allocate all of the names that you need. Typically this is a mix of user-supplied names and constants:

   

   NameAllocator nameAllocator = new NameAllocator();
   for (MyProperty property : properties) {
     nameAllocator.newName(property.name(), property);
   }
   nameAllocator.newName("sb", "string builder");
 

Pass a unique tag object to each allocation. The tag scopes the name, and can be used to look up the allocated name later. Typically the tag is the object that is being named. In the above example we use property for the user-supplied property names, and "string builder" for our constant string builder.

Once we've allocated names we can use them when generating code:

   

   MethodSpec.Builder builder = MethodSpec.methodBuilder("toString")
       .addAnnotation(Override.class)
       .addModifiers(Modifier.PUBLIC)
       .returns(String.class);

   builder.addStatement("$1T $2N = new $1T()",
       StringBuilder.class, nameAllocator.get("string builder"));
   for (MyProperty property : properties) {
     builder.addStatement("$N.append($N)",
         nameAllocator.get("string builder"), nameAllocator.get(property));
   }
   builder.addStatement("return $N", nameAllocator.get("string builder"));
   return builder.build();
 

The above code generates unique names if presented with conflicts. Given user-supplied properties with names ab and sb this generates the following:

   

   @Override
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder sb_ = new StringBuilder();
     sb_.append(ab);
     sb_.append(sb);
     return sb_.toString();
   }
 

The underscore is appended to sb to avoid conflicting with the user-supplied sb property. Underscores are also prefixed for names that start with a digit, and used to replace name-unsafe characters like space or dash.

When dealing with multiple independent inner scopes, use a clone() of the NameAllocator used for the outer scope to further refine name allocation for a specific inner scope.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NameAllocator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NameAllocator	clone() Create a deep copy of this NameAllocator.
java.lang.String	get(java.lang.Object tag) Retrieve a name created with newName(String, Object).
java.lang.String	newName(java.lang.String suggestion) Return a new name using suggestion that will not be a Java identifier or clash with other names.
java.lang.String	newName(java.lang.String suggestion, java.lang.Object tag) Return a new name using suggestion that will not be a Java identifier or clash with other names.
static java.lang.String	toJavaIdentifier(java.lang.String suggestion)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NameAllocator

public NameAllocator()

Method Detail

newName

public java.lang.String newName(java.lang.String suggestion)

Return a new name using suggestion that will not be a Java identifier or clash with other names.

newName

public java.lang.String newName(java.lang.String suggestion,
                                java.lang.Object tag)

Return a new name using suggestion that will not be a Java identifier or clash with other names. The returned value can be queried multiple times by passing tag to get(Object).

toJavaIdentifier

public static java.lang.String toJavaIdentifier(java.lang.String suggestion)

get

public java.lang.String get(java.lang.Object tag)

Retrieve a name created with newName(String, Object).

clone

public NameAllocator clone()

Create a deep copy of this NameAllocator. Useful to create multiple independent refinements of a NameAllocator to be used in the respective definition of multiples, independently-scoped, inner code blocks.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A deep copy of this NameAllocator.