A utility library for parsing classes from strings using regular expressions.

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For more example usages see test classes named ExampleUsage\d+Test.java.

Consider a situation in which info regarding cars is stored as text. This library allows for parsing it to Java objects, by adding to a static factory method, constructor, or class/record itself an annotation with the pattern that allows to isolate fields from the input. For more information refer to the Javadoc,especially for class ParsingDataclass

Class to be parsed:

class Car { private final String brand; private final int year; private final String color; @Parses("Car\\[brand=(.+?),year=(\\d{4}),color=(.*?)\\]") public Car(String brand, int year, String color) { this.brand = brand; this.year = year; this.color = color; } }

Parsing that class:

ParsingFactory<Car> pf = ParsingFactory.of(Car.class); Car car = pf.parse("Car[brand=Volvo,year=1989,color=Graphite]");

@ParsingDataclass("([-a-zA-Z ']+): ?([\\d.]+) stars\\.?") record Museum( String name, float visitorRating ) {}

ParsingFactory<Museum> pf = ParsingFactory.of(Museum.class); Museum museeDorsay = pf.parse("Musee d'Orsay:4.8 stars"); Museum louvre = pf.parse("Louvre: 4.7 stars.");

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