com.github.joschi.jadconfig

Interface Converter<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigDecimalConverter, BigIntegerConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteConverter, CacheBuilderSpecConverter, CharsetConverter, ClassConverter, CurrencyConverter, DateTimeFormatterConverter, DateTimeZoneConverter, DaysConverter, DecimalFormatConverter, DoubleConverter, DurationConverter, DurationConverter, FileConverter, FloatConverter, HashCodeConverter, HostAndPortConverter, HostSpecifierConverter, HoursConverter, Inet4AddressConverter, Inet6AddressConverter, InetAddressConverter, InetSocketAddressConverter, IntegerConverter, InternetDomainNameConverter, IntervalConverter, LocaleConverter, LongConverter, MediaTypeConverter, MinutesConverter, MonthsConverter, NoConverter, PathConverter, PatternConverter, PeriodConverter, SecondsConverter, ShortConverter, SizeConverter, SizeUnitConverter, StringConverter, StringListConverter, StringSetConverter, StringSortedSetConverter, TimeUnitConverter, TimeZoneConverter, TrimmedStringListConverter, TrimmedStringSetConverter, TrimmedStringSortedSetConverter, UnsignedIntegerConverter, UnsignedLongConverter, URIConverter, URLConverter, UUIDConverter, WeeksConverter, YearsConverter

public interface Converter<T>

Interface for type converters. A type converter will convert a configuration parameter's value (provided as String) to another type and vice versa.

Author:

jschalanda

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	convertFrom(String value) Returns a typed instance representing the specified String value.
String	convertTo(T value) Returns a String instance representing the configuration parameter's value.

Method Detail

convertFrom

T convertFrom(String value)

Returns a typed instance representing the specified String value.

Parameters:

value - The configuration parameter's String value

Returns:

A typed instance representing the configuration parameter's value

convertTo

String convertTo(T value)

Returns a String instance representing the configuration parameter's value.

Parameters:

value - The configuration parameter's typed value

Returns:

A String instance representing the configuration parameter's typed value