Package com.bc.ceres.binding.converters

Class ClassConverter

java.lang.Object

com.bc.ceres.binding.converters.ClassConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<Class>

Direct Known Subclasses:

JavaTypeConverter

public class ClassConverter
extends Object
implements Converter<Class>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ClassConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	addPackageQualifier(String qualifier)
String	format(Class javaType)	Converts a value of the type returned by Converter.getValueType() to its plain text representation.
Class<Class>	getValueType()	Gets the value type.
Class<?>	parse(String text)	Converts a value from its plain text representation to a Java object instance of the type returned by Converter.getValueType().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ClassConverter

public ClassConverter()

Method Details

getValueType

public Class<Class> getValueType()

Description copied from interface: Converter

Gets the value type.

Specified by:

getValueType in interface Converter<Class>

Returns:

The value type.

parse

public Class<?> parse(String text)
               throws ConversionException

Description copied from interface: Converter

Converts a value from its plain text representation to a Java object instance of the type returned by Converter.getValueType().

Specified by:

parse in interface Converter<Class>

Parameters:

text - The textual representation of the value.

Returns:

The converted value.

Throws:

ConversionException - If the conversion fails.

format

public String format(Class javaType)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Converts a value of the type returned by Converter.getValueType() to its plain text representation.

Specified by:

format in interface Converter<Class>

Parameters:

javaType - The value to be converted to text.

Returns:

The textual representation of the value.

addPackageQualifier

protected void addPackageQualifier(String qualifier)