org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor
Class TypeConvertorRegistry

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.TypeConvertorRegistry

public final class TypeConvertorRegistry

extends java.lang.Object

Registry of type convertors.

Since:

1.1.3

Version:

$Revision: 7134 $ $Date: 2006-04-25 15:08:23 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Ralf Joachim

Constructor Summary

TypeConvertorRegistry(org.castor.core.util.Configuration config)
Create a new registry instance of type convertors.

Method Summary

TypeConvertor

getConvertor(java.lang.Class fromType, java.lang.Class toType, java.lang.String parameter) Returns a type convertor initialized with parameter if specified.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeConvertorRegistry

public TypeConvertorRegistry(org.castor.core.util.Configuration config)

Create a new registry instance of type convertors. The registry will be initialized with all type convertors specified through TYPE_CONVERTORS property of given configuration. The configuration get also passed to the type converters for them to get any required property.

Parameters:

config - The configuration to use.

Method Detail

getConvertor

public TypeConvertor getConvertor(java.lang.Class fromType,
                                  java.lang.Class toType,
                                  java.lang.String parameter)
                           throws org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingException

Returns a type convertor initialized with parameter if specified. A type convertor can be used to convert an object from Java type fromType to Java type toType.

Parameters:

fromType - The Java type to convert from.

toType - The Java type to convert to.

parameter - The parameter for the convertor (null if is not specified).

Returns:

The TypeConverter to convert fromType into toType.

Throws:

org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingException - No suitable convertor was found.