question: public static ManagedObjectPath < ? , ? > valueOf ( String s ) { String ns = s . trim ( ) ; if ( ns . equals ( "/" ) ) { return EMPTY_PATH ; } LinkedList < Element < ? , ? > > elements = new LinkedList < > ( ) ; Element < ? , ? > lastElement = null ; AbstractManagedObjectDefinition < ? , ? > definition = RootCfgDefn . getInstance ( ) ; if ( ! ns . startsWith ( "/" ) ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Invalid path \"" + ns + "\": must begin with a \"/\"" ) ; } int start = 1 ; while ( true ) { int end ; for ( end = start ; end < ns . length ( ) ; end ++ ) { char c = ns . charAt ( end ) ; if ( c == '/' ) { if ( end == ( ns . length ( ) - 1 ) ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Invalid path \"" + ns + "\": must not end with a trailing \"/\"" ) ; } if ( ns . charAt ( end + 1 ) == '/' ) { end ++ ; } else { break ; } } } String es = ns . substring ( start , end ) ; Matcher m = PE_REGEXP . matcher ( es ) ; if ( ! m . matches ( ) ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Invalid path element \"" + es + "\" in path \"" + ns + "\"" ) ; } String relation = m . group ( 1 ) ; String type = m . group ( 3 ) ; String name = m . group ( 5 ) ; RelationDefinition < ? , ? > r ; try { r = definition . getRelationDefinition ( relation ) ; } catch ( IllegalArgumentException e ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Invalid path element \"" + es + "\" in path \"" + ns + "\": unknown relation \"" + relation + "\"" ) ; } lastElement = createElement ( r , ns , es , type , name ) ; elements . add ( lastElement ) ; definition = lastElement . getManagedObjectDefinition ( ) ; if ( end < ns . length ( ) ) { start = end + 1 ; } else { break ; } } return create ( elements , lastElement ) ; }
target:  Returns a managed object path holding the value of the specified string.