org.dmfs.httpessentials.typedentity

Interface EntityConverter<ValueType>

Type Parameters:

ValueType - The type of the entity value.

public interface EntityConverter<ValueType>

Helper to convert Entity values to instances of their respective ValueType and back to String representations.

Author:

Marten Gajda

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ValueType	value(java.lang.String valueString) Parses the given string representation of a value into an instance of type ValueType.
java.lang.String	valueString(ValueType value) Renders the given entity value into its string representation.

Method Detail

value

ValueType value(java.lang.String valueString)

Parses the given string representation of a value into an instance of type ValueType.

Parameters:

valueString - The string representation of the value.

Returns:

The value as an object.

valueString

java.lang.String valueString(ValueType value)

Renders the given entity value into its string representation.

Parameters:

value - The value.

Returns:

The string representation of the value.