com.bc.ceres.binding

Interface Converter<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AffineTransformConverter, ArrayConverter, BooleanConverter, BooleanExpressionConverter, ByteConverter, CharacterConverter, ClassConverter, ColorConverter, DateFormatConverter, DoubleConverter, EnumConverter, FileConverter, FloatConverter, FontConverter, GeneralExpressionConverter, IntegerConverter, IntervalConverter, JavaTypeConverter, JtsGeometryConverter, LongConverter, NumberConverter, NumberFormatConverter, PatternConverter, RectangleConverter, ShortConverter, StringConverter, UrlConverter

public interface Converter<T>

A Converter provides a strategy to convert a value of a certain type from plain text to a Java object and vice versa.

Since:

0.6

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getValueType

Class<? extends T> getValueType()

Gets the value type.

Returns:

The value type.

parse

T parse(String text)
 throws ConversionException

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

Parameters:

text - The textual representation of the value.

Returns:

The converted value.

Throws:

ConversionException - If the conversion fails.

format

String format(T value)

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

Parameters:

value - The value to be converted to text.

Returns:

The textual representation of the value.