org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor
Class AbstractTypeConvertor

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, TypeConvertor

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractDateTypeConvertor, AbstractLobTypeConvertor, AbstractSimpleTypeConvertor, BooleanToBigDecimal, BooleanToInteger, BooleanToShort, BooleanToString, LongToCastorTime, StringToBoolean

public abstract class AbstractTypeConvertor
extends Object
implements TypeConvertor

Abstract base class to convert from one type to another.

Since:

1.1.3

Version:

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

Author:

Ralf Joachim

Constructor Summary

AbstractTypeConvertor(Class<?> fromType, Class<?> toType)
Construct a Converter between given fromType an toType.

Method Summary

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object.
Class<?>	fromType() Get the type being converted from.
String	toString()
Class<?>	toType() Get the type being converted to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor.TypeConvertor

configure, convert, parameterize

Constructor Detail

AbstractTypeConvertor

public AbstractTypeConvertor(Class<?> fromType,
                             Class<?> toType)

Construct a Converter between given fromType an toType.

Parameters:

fromType - The type being converted from.

toType - The type being converted to.

Method Detail

clone

public final Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

A clone of this instance.

fromType

public final Class<?> fromType()

Get the type being converted from.

Returns:

The type being converted from.

toType

public final Class<?> toType()

Get the type being converted to.

Returns:

The type being converted to.

toString

public final String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object