no.g9.client.core.converter

Class StringConverter<M>

java.lang.Object

no.g9.client.core.converter.StringConverter<M>

Type Parameters:

M - model type

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeConverter<M,String>, Converter<M,String>

public class StringConverter<M>
extends Object
implements AttributeConverter<M,String>

A converter that fomats and converts values to (and from) String. Example of usage: A converter that converts dates to the form 2008-12-31. &lt;bean id="StringConverter" class="no.g9.client.core.converter.StringConverter"&gt; <property name="modelTypeClass" value="java.util.Date" /&gt; <property name="format" value="{0,date,yyyy-MM-dd}" /&gt; &lt;/bean&gt; This bean is configurable through the following properties: <li> modelTypeClass: Qualified class name of model type <li> format: Format rule, @see java.text.MessageFormat

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	fromModel(Object value, ConvertContext context)
Class<M>	getModelType()
Class<String>	getTargetType()
void	setFormat(String format) Sets the format to apply
void	setModelTypeClass(String className) Sets model type class from name
M	toModel(String value, ConvertContext context)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringConverter

public StringConverter()

Method Detail

setModelTypeClass

public void setModelTypeClass(String className)

Sets model type class from name

Parameters:

className - Qualified name of the model type class

Throws:

G9BaseException - If class not found

setFormat

public void setFormat(String format)

Sets the format to apply

Parameters:

format - the format to set

getModelType

public Class<M> getModelType()

Specified by:

getModelType in interface AttributeConverter<M,String>

getTargetType

public Class<String> getTargetType()

Specified by:

getTargetType in interface AttributeConverter<M,String>

toModel

public M toModel(String value,
                 ConvertContext context)
          throws ConvertException

Specified by:

toModel in interface Converter<M,String>

Throws:

ConvertException

fromModel

public String fromModel(Object value,
                        ConvertContext context)
                 throws ConvertException

Specified by:

fromModel in interface Converter<M,String>

Throws:

ConvertException