org.databene.commons
Interface Converter<S,T>

All Superinterfaces:

ThreadAware

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConverter, AccessingConverter, AnyConverter, Array2EntityConverter, ArrayConverter, ArrayElementExtractor, ArrayElementTypeConverter, ArrayPropertyExtractor, ArrayTypeConverter, Base64ToByteArrayConverter, Bean2EntityConverter, BeanToPropertyArrayConverter, Boolean2NumberConverter, BooleanMapper, ByteArray2StringConverter, ByteArrayToBase64Converter, Calendar2DateConverter, CaseConverter, CharArray2StringConverter, Class2StringConverter, CommaSeparatedListConverter, ComponentNameMapper, ComponentTypeConverter, ConstructorInvoker, ConverterChain, ConverterProxy, Date2CalendarConverter, Date2DurationConverter, Date2LongConverter, Date2TimestampConverter, DateString2DurationConverter, DefaultEntryConverter, DelocalizingConverter, Entity2ArrayConverter, Entity2BeanConverter, Entity2MapConverter, Enum2StringConverter, FemaleFamilyNameConverter, FloatingPointQuantizer, FormatBasedConverter, FormatFormatConverter, GenderConverter, IntegralQuantizer, LiteralParser, Locale2StringConverter, Long2DateConverter, Map2EntityConverter, MessageConverter, NameNormalizer, NoOpConverter, NormalizeSpaceConverter, NullSafeConverterProxy, Number2BooleanConverter, Number2IntegerConverter, Number2StringConverter, NumberFormatBasedConverter, NumberFormatter, NumberParser, NumberToNumberConverter, ParseFormatConverter, PersonFormatter, PrintfConverter, PropertyAccessConverter, PropertyExtractor, PropertyResourceBundleConverter, RegexReplacer, ResultSetConverter, ScriptConverter, SimpleConverter, SourceClassMethodInvoker, SplitStringConverter, SqlDate2UtilDateConverter, StaticTargetClassMethodInvoker, String2BooleanConverter, String2ByteArrayConverter, String2CharConverter, String2ClassConverter, String2ConverterConverter, String2DateConverter, String2DateFormatConverter, String2DistributionConverter, String2EnumConverter, String2GregorianCalendarConverter, String2LocaleConverter, String2NumberConverter, String2NumberFormatConverter, String2PatternConverter, String2TimeConverter, String2TimestampConverter, SubArrayExtractor, SubstringExtractor, SynchronizedConverterProxy, ThreadSafeConverter, Time2StringConverter, Timestamp2DateConverter, TimestampFormatter, ToArrayConverter, ToCollectionConverter, ToHashCodeConverter, ToHexConverter, ToLowerCaseConverter, ToStringConverter, ToStringMethodInvoker, ToUpperCaseConverter, UniqueStringConverter, URLDecodeConverter, URLEncodeConverter, UtilDate2SqlDateConverter, ValueMapper, XMLNameNormalizer

public interface Converter<S,T>
extends ThreadAware

Base interface for all classes that convert a source object of type S to an object of type T.

Created: 30.08.2006 19:41:08

Since:

0.1

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Method Summary

T	convert(S sourceValue) Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T
java.lang.Class<S>	getSourceType()
java.lang.Class<T>	getTargetType()

Methods inherited from interface org.databene.commons.ThreadAware

isParallelizable, isThreadSafe

Method Detail

getSourceType

java.lang.Class<S> getSourceType()

getTargetType

java.lang.Class<T> getTargetType()

convert

T convert(S sourceValue)
          throws ConversionException

Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T

Parameters:

sourceValue - the object to convert

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

ConversionException - if the conversion fails