net.sf.mmm.util.value.base

Class AbstractSimpleValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>

java.lang.Object

net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractComponent

net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractSimpleValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>

Type Parameters:

SOURCE - is the generic source-type.

TARGET - is the generic target-type.

All Implemented Interfaces:

SimpleValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>, ValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValueConverterIdentity, ValueConverterToBoolean, ValueConverterToCalendar, ValueConverterToDate, ValueConverterToEnum, ValueConverterToFile, ValueConverterToNumber, ValueConverterToPattern, ValueConverterToString

public abstract class AbstractSimpleValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>
extends AbstractComponent
implements ValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>

This is an abstract base-implementation of the ValueConverter interface that simply works with Class rather than GenericType.

Since:

1.0.1

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractSimpleValueConverter() The constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends TARGET> T	convert(SOURCE value, Object valueSource, GenericType<T> targetType) This method converts the given pojo to the <TARGET>-type.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractComponent

doInitialize, doInitialized, getInitializationState, initialize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.value.api.ValueConverter

getSourceType, getTargetType

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.value.api.SimpleValueConverter

convert

Constructor Detail

AbstractSimpleValueConverter

public AbstractSimpleValueConverter()

The constructor.

Method Detail

convert

public final <T extends TARGET> T convert(SOURCE value,
                                          Object valueSource,
                                          GenericType<T> targetType)

Description copied from interface: ValueConverter

This method converts the given pojo to the <TARGET>-type.

Specified by:

convert in interface ValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>

Type Parameters:

T - is the generic type of targetClass.

Parameters:

value - is the value to convert.

valueSource - describes the source of the value. This may be the filename where the value was read from, an XPath where the value was located in an XML document, etc. It is used in exceptions thrown if something goes wrong. This will help to find the problem easier.

targetType - is the GenericType to convert the value to. It is potentially generic and therefore contains more detailed information than a Class. E.g. the targetType could be java.util.List<Long>. This could help e.g. if the value is a string like "2, 47, 4252525".

Returns:

the converted value or null if the conversion is NOT possible. The returned value has to be an instance of the given targetType.