de.intarsys.tools.converter

Class Canonical

java.lang.Object

de.intarsys.tools.converter.Canonical

public class Canonical
extends Object

A placeholder type for creating conversions to a "canonical" type.

Canonical conversion takes place when no explicit registered converters for the types are found. The source object is converted to a canonical format, after this the conversion to the target type is relaunched.

A canonical format should have a one to one relationship to the objects of the original type. i.e. given the original type, an object that is equal to the original one can be constructed.

Example
Date <--> milliseconds

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Canonical()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Canonical

public Canonical()