Package com.bc.ceres.binding.converters

Class StringConverter

java.lang.Object

com.bc.ceres.binding.converters.StringConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<String>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanExpressionConverter, GeneralExpressionConverter

public class StringConverter
extends Object
implements Converter<String>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	format(String value)	Converts a value of the type returned by Converter.getValueType() to its plain text representation.
Class<String>	getValueType()	Gets the value type.
String	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

StringConverter

public StringConverter()

Method Details

getValueType

public Class<String> getValueType()

Description copied from interface: Converter

Gets the value type.

Specified by:

getValueType in interface Converter<String>

Returns:

The value type.

parse

public String 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<String>

Parameters:

text - The textual representation of the value.

Returns:

The converted value.

Throws:

ConversionException - If the conversion fails.

format

public String format(String value)

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<String>

Parameters:

value - The value to be converted to text.

Returns:

The textual representation of the value.