org.fabric3.spi.transform

Interface TransformerRegistry

public interface TransformerRegistry

Registry of Transformers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Transformer<?,?>	getTransformer(org.fabric3.api.model.type.contract.DataType source, org.fabric3.api.model.type.contract.DataType target, java.util.List<java.lang.Class<?>> inTypes, java.util.List<java.lang.Class<?>> outTypes) Returns a transformer that can convert a set of classes from the source to target data type.

Method Detail

getTransformer

Transformer<?,?> getTransformer(org.fabric3.api.model.type.contract.DataType source,
                                org.fabric3.api.model.type.contract.DataType target,
                                java.util.List<java.lang.Class<?>> inTypes,
                                java.util.List<java.lang.Class<?>> outTypes)
                         throws org.fabric3.api.host.Fabric3Exception

Returns a transformer that can convert a set of classes from the source to target data type. The source and target data types may be Java types, XML Schema types, etc. The in and out types represent the classes that must be converted.

Parameters:

source - the data type to transform from

target - the data type to transform to

inTypes - the classes that must be converted from

outTypes - the classes that must be converted to

Returns:

the transformer or null if one is not found

Throws:

org.fabric3.api.host.Fabric3Exception - if an error occurs returning the transformer