com.bc.ceres.binding.converters

Class EnumConverter<T extends Enum<T>>

java.lang.Object

com.bc.ceres.binding.converters.EnumConverter<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<T>

public class EnumConverter<T extends Enum<T>>
extends Object
implements Converter<T>

Class for converting enumeration types.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EnumConverter(Class<T> type)

Method Summary

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

EnumConverter

public EnumConverter(Class<T> type)

Method Detail

getValueType

public Class<T> getValueType()

Description copied from interface: Converter

Gets the value type.

Specified by:

getValueType in interface Converter<T extends Enum<T>>

Returns:

The value type.

parse

public T 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<T extends Enum<T>>

Parameters:

text - The textual representation of the value.

Returns:

The converted value.

Throws:

ConversionException - If the conversion fails.

format

public String format(T 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<T extends Enum<T>>

Parameters:

value - The value to be converted to text.

Returns:

The textual representation of the value.