Package com.sun.faces.application

Class PropertyEditorHelper

java.lang.Object

com.sun.faces.application.PropertyEditorHelper

public class PropertyEditorHelper
extends Object

Helper class to aid the ConverterPropertyEditorBase in converting properties.

Author:

Mike Youngstrom

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertyEditorHelper(Application app)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	addConversionErrorMessage(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, ConverterException ce)	Add a conversion error message in the case of a PropertyEditor based conversion error.
Object	convertToObject(Class<?> targetClass, String textValue)	Convert the textValue to an object of type targetClass by delegating to a converter.
String	convertToString(Class<?> targetClass, Object value)	Convert an object of type targetClass to text by delegating to a converter obtained from the Faces application.
protected UIComponent	getComponent()	Return the UIComponent that is currently being processed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyEditorHelper

public PropertyEditorHelper(Application app)

Method Detail

convertToObject

public Object convertToObject(Class<?> targetClass,
                              String textValue)

Convert the textValue to an object of type targetClass by delegating to a converter.

Parameters:

targetClass - the target class

textValue - the text value

Returns:

the conversion result

convertToString

public String convertToString(Class<?> targetClass,
                              Object value)

Convert an object of type targetClass to text by delegating to a converter obtained from the Faces application.

Parameters:

targetClass - the target class

value - the value

Returns:

the conversion result

getComponent

protected UIComponent getComponent()

Return the UIComponent that is currently being processed.

Returns:

the current component, or null.

addConversionErrorMessage

protected void addConversionErrorMessage(FacesContext context,
                                         UIComponent component,
                                         ConverterException ce)

Add a conversion error message in the case of a PropertyEditor based conversion error.

Parameters:

context - the involved faces context

component - the involved component

ce - the converter exception