org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.convert
Class ReflectionConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.convert.ReverseDiscoveryGenericConverter
      org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.convert.ReflectionConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter

public class ReflectionConverter
extends ReverseDiscoveryGenericConverter

ReverseDiscoveryGenericConverter implementation based on Java Reflection

Constructor Summary

ReflectionConverter()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.Class<?> targetType) converts the given Object into an instance of the targetType.
java.util.List<java.lang.Class<?>>	getSourceTypes(java.lang.Class<?> targetType) Gets all the supported source types for the given targetType.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectionConverter

public ReflectionConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object source,
                                java.lang.Class<?> targetType)

Description copied from class: ReverseDiscoveryGenericConverter

converts the given Object into an instance of the targetType.

Specified by:

convert in interface TypeConverter

Specified by:

convert in class ReverseDiscoveryGenericConverter

Returns:

an instance of the targetType.

getSourceTypes

public java.util.List<java.lang.Class<?>> getSourceTypes(java.lang.Class<?> targetType)

Description copied from class: ReverseDiscoveryGenericConverter

Gets all the supported source types for the given targetType. This converter must be able to convert each source type into the targetType.

Specified by:

getSourceTypes in class ReverseDiscoveryGenericConverter

Returns:

Each item is of type Class. An empty list must be returned if the given targetType cannot be converted from anything.