org.granite.messaging.amf.io.convert

Class Converter

java.lang.Object

org.granite.messaging.amf.io.convert.Converter

Direct Known Subclasses:

Array2Array, Array2Collection, Boolean2Boolean, ChangeSetConverter, Character2Character, Collection2Array, Collection2Collection, Compatibility, ConversationEntryConverter, Date2Date, GAEKeyConverter, Map2Map, Number2BigDecimal, Number2BigInteger, Number2Byte, Number2Double, Number2Float, Number2Integer, Number2Long, Number2Short, PageableConverter, String2Char, String2CharArray, String2Document, String2Enum, String2Locale, String2URI, ValueExpressionConverter

public abstract class Converter
extends Object

Author:

Franck WOLFF

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Converters	converters

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Converter(Converters converters) Build a new Converter instance.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canConvert(Object value, Type targetType) Tells if the supplied object may be converted to the supplied target type by this converter.
Object	convert(Object value, Type targetType) Converts the supplied object to the supplied target type.
protected abstract boolean	internalCanConvert(Object value, Type targetType)
protected abstract Object	internalConvert(Object value, Type targetType)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

converters

protected final Converters converters

Constructor Detail

Converter

public Converter(Converters converters)

Build a new Converter instance.

Parameters:

converters - a Converters instance (must be not null).

Throws:

NullPointerException - (if converters is null).

Method Detail

canConvert

public final boolean canConvert(Object value,
                 Type targetType)

Tells if the supplied object may be converted to the supplied target type by this converter.

Parameters:

value - the object to be converted.

targetType - the target type.

Returns:

true if this converter can convert o to the target type, false otherwise.

internalCanConvert

protected abstract boolean internalCanConvert(Object value,
                         Type targetType)

convert

public final Object convert(Object value,
             Type targetType)

Converts the supplied object to the supplied target type.

Parameters:

value - the object to be converted.

targetType - the target type.

Returns:

the converted object.

internalConvert

protected abstract Object internalConvert(Object value,
                     Type targetType)