CollectionConverter (DSpace Server Webapp 7.2.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.dspace.app.rest.converter.DSpaceObjectConverter<Collection,CollectionRest>
- - org.dspace.app.rest.converter.CollectionConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

DSpaceConverter<Collection,CollectionRest>, IndexableObjectConverter<Collection,CollectionRest>
```
@Component
public class CollectionConverter
extends DSpaceObjectConverter<Collection,CollectionRest>
implements IndexableObjectConverter<Collection,CollectionRest>
```
This is the converter from/to the Collection in the DSpace API data model and the REST data model

Author:

Andrea Bollini (andrea.bollini at 4science.it)

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

CollectionConverter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<Collection>`	`getModelClass()`	For what DSpace API model class does this converter convert?
`protected CollectionRest`	`newInstance()`
`boolean`	`supportsModel(IndexableObject idxo)`

Methods inherited from class org.dspace.app.rest.converter.DSpaceObjectConverter
convert, getPermissionFilteredMetadata

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.dspace.app.rest.converter.DSpaceConverter
convert

- Constructor Detail
  - CollectionConverter
```
public CollectionConverter()
```
- Method Detail
  - newInstance
```
protected CollectionRest newInstance()
```
    Specified by:
    
    newInstance in class DSpaceObjectConverter<Collection,CollectionRest>
  - getModelClass
```
public Class<Collection> getModelClass()
```
    Description copied from interface: DSpaceConverter
    
    For what DSpace API model class does this converter convert?
    
    Specified by:
    
    getModelClass in interface DSpaceConverter<Collection,CollectionRest>
    
    Returns:
    
    Class of model objects represented.
  - supportsModel
```
public boolean supportsModel(IndexableObject idxo)
```
    Specified by:
    
    supportsModel in interface IndexableObjectConverter<Collection,CollectionRest>
    
    Parameters:
    
    idxo - the IndexableObject to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the actual converter implementation is able to manage the supplied IndexableObject