org.jtransfo.internal
Class AbstractConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.jtransfo.internal.AbstractConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ToDomainConverter, ToToConverter

public abstract class AbstractConverter
extends Object
implements Converter

Converter class to copy one field to the transfer object class.

Constructor Summary

AbstractConverter()

Method Summary

abstract String	accessExceptionMessage() Get exception message for IllegalAccessException.
abstract String	argumentExceptionMessage() Get exception message for IllegalArgumentException.
void	convert(Object source, Object target, String... tags) Conversion from (part of) the source object to the target object.
abstract void	doConvert(Object source, Object target, String... tags) Actual conversion code, exceptions handled by invoker.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractConverter

public AbstractConverter()

Method Detail

doConvert

public abstract void doConvert(Object source,
                               Object target,
                               String... tags)
                        throws JTransfoException,
                               IllegalAccessException,
                               IllegalArgumentException

Actual conversion code, exceptions handled by invoker.

Parameters:

source - source object

target - target object

tags - tags which indicate which fields can be converted based on MapOnly annotations

Throws:

JTransfoException - oops

IllegalAccessException - oops

IllegalArgumentException - oops

accessExceptionMessage

public abstract String accessExceptionMessage()

Get exception message for IllegalAccessException.

Returns:

message for exception with %s placeholders for source and target field name

argumentExceptionMessage

public abstract String argumentExceptionMessage()

Get exception message for IllegalArgumentException.

Returns:

message for exception with %s placeholders for source and target field name

convert

public void convert(Object source,
                    Object target,
                    String... tags)
             throws JTransfoException

Description copied from interface: Converter

Conversion from (part of) the source object to the target object.

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter

Parameters:

source - source to read from

target - target to write into

tags - tags which indicate which fields can be converted based on MapOnly annotations

Throws:

JTransfoException - problem during conversion