Package com.gengoai.conversion

Class BaseNumberTypeConverter

java.lang.Object

com.gengoai.conversion.BaseNumberTypeConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

BigDecimalTypeConverter, BigIntegerTypeConverter, ByteTypeConverter, DoubleTypeConverter, FloatTypeConverter, IntegerTypeConverter, LongTypeConverter, ShortTypeConverter

public abstract class BaseNumberTypeConverter
extends Object
implements TypeConverter

Base class for converter objects to numbers. The following types are supported.

• JsonEntry can be converted if it is a primitive
• Numbers
• Booleans are converted to 1 or 0
• Characters are converted to their integer values
• Other objects are converted to Strings and the class attempts to parse the strings in various formats.

Author:

David B. Bracewell

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BaseNumberTypeConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	convert(Object object, Type... parameters)	Converts an object from one type to another.
protected abstract Object	convertNumber(Number number)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.gengoai.conversion.TypeConverter

getConversionType

Constructor Detail

BaseNumberTypeConverter

public BaseNumberTypeConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public final Object convert(Object object,
                            Type... parameters)
                     throws TypeConversionException

Description copied from interface: TypeConverter

Converts an object from one type to another.

Specified by:

convert in interface TypeConverter

Parameters:

object - the source object

parameters - the optional type parameters when using Generics.

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

TypeConversionException - the source object was not able to be converted to the target type

convertNumber

protected abstract Object convertNumber(Number number)