org.ldaptive.beans.reflect
Class AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder

java.lang.Object
  org.ldaptive.beans.reflect.AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder

All Implemented Interfaces:

ReflectionTranscoder

Direct Known Subclasses:

ListReflectionTranscoder, SetReflectionTranscoder

public abstract class AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder
extends Object
implements ReflectionTranscoder

Reflection transcoder for an object that implements a Collection.

Version:

$Revision: 3013 $ $Date: 2014-07-02 11:26:52 -0400 (Wed, 02 Jul 2014) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Constructor Summary

AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder(Class<?> c, ArrayReflectionTranscoder transcoder)
Creates a new abstract collection reflection transcoder.

AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder(Class<?> c, SingleValueReflectionTranscoder<?> transcoder)
Creates a new abstract collection reflection transcoder.

Method Summary

protected abstract <T> Collection<T>	createCollection(Class<T> clazz) Returns a collection implementation of the correct type for this transcoder.
Object	decodeBinaryValues(Collection<byte[]> values) Decodes the supplied values into an object.
Object	decodeStringValues(Collection<String> values) Decodes the supplied values into an object.
Collection<byte[]>	encodeBinaryValues(Object values) Encodes the supplied value into one or more byte arrays for use in an attribute.
Collection<String>	encodeStringValues(Object values) Encodes the supplied value into one or more strings for use in an attribute.
Class<?>	getType() Returns the type produced by this transcoder.
boolean	supports(Class<?> t) Returns whether this transcoder can convert object of the supplied type.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder

public AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder(Class<?> c,
                                              SingleValueReflectionTranscoder<?> transcoder)

Creates a new abstract collection reflection transcoder.

Parameters:

c - class that is a collection

transcoder - to operate on elements of the collection

AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder

public AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder(Class<?> c,
                                              ArrayReflectionTranscoder transcoder)

Creates a new abstract collection reflection transcoder.

Parameters:

c - class that is a collection

transcoder - to operate on elements of the collection

Method Detail

decodeStringValues

public Object decodeStringValues(Collection<String> values)

Decodes the supplied values into an object.

Specified by:

decodeStringValues in interface ReflectionTranscoder

Parameters:

values - to decode

Returns:

object initialized with the values

decodeBinaryValues

public Object decodeBinaryValues(Collection<byte[]> values)

Decodes the supplied values into an object.

Specified by:

decodeBinaryValues in interface ReflectionTranscoder

Parameters:

values - to decode

Returns:

object initialized with the values

encodeStringValues

public Collection<String> encodeStringValues(Object values)

Encodes the supplied value into one or more strings for use in an attribute.

Specified by:

encodeStringValues in interface ReflectionTranscoder

Parameters:

values - containing data to encode as strings

Returns:

string attribute values

encodeBinaryValues

public Collection<byte[]> encodeBinaryValues(Object values)

Encodes the supplied value into one or more byte arrays for use in an attribute.

Specified by:

encodeBinaryValues in interface ReflectionTranscoder

Parameters:

values - containing data to encode as byte arrays

Returns:

binary attribute values

createCollection

protected abstract <T> Collection<T> createCollection(Class<T> clazz)

Returns a collection implementation of the correct type for this transcoder.

Type Parameters:

T - type of collection

Parameters:

clazz - type of collection

Returns:

collection implementation

getType

public Class<?> getType()

Returns the type produced by this transcoder.

Specified by:

getType in interface ReflectionTranscoder

Returns:

type produced by this transcoder

supports

public boolean supports(Class<?> t)

Returns whether this transcoder can convert object of the supplied type.

Specified by:

supports in interface ReflectionTranscoder

Parameters:

t - of object

Returns:

whether the supplied type can be converted

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object