de.undercouch.citeproc.bibtex

Class NameParser

java.lang.Object

de.undercouch.citeproc.bibtex.NameParser

public class NameParser
extends Object

Parses a human's name to a CSLName object

Author:

Michel Kraemer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NameParser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static CSLName[]	parse(String names) Parses names to CSLName objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NameParser

public NameParser()

Method Detail

parse

public static CSLName[] parse(String names)

Parses names to CSLName objects. Also handles strings containing multiple names separated by and. The method always returns at least one object, even if the given names cannot be parsed. In this case the returned object just contains a literal string.

Parameters:

names - the names to parse

Returns:

the CSLName objects (never null and never empty)