com.bc.ceres.binding.converters

Class ClassConverter

java.lang.Object

com.bc.ceres.binding.converters.ClassConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<Class>

public class ClassConverter
extends Object
implements Converter<Class>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassConverter()
ClassConverter(ClassLoader classLoader)

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassConverter

public ClassConverter()

ClassConverter

public ClassConverter(ClassLoader classLoader)

Method Detail

getValueType

public Class<? extends Class> getValueType()

Gets the value type.

Specified by:

getValueType in interface Converter<Class>

Returns:

The value type.

parse

public Class parse(String text)
            throws ConversionException

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

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

Specified by:

format in interface Converter<Class>

Parameters:

value - The value to be converted to text.

Returns:

The textual representation of the value.