CollectionTypeConverter (com.gengoai:mango 1.1-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- com.gengoai.conversion.CollectionTypeConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConcurrentLinkedDequeTypeConverter, ConcurrentLinkedQueueTypeConverter, ConcurrentSkipListSetTypeConverter, CopyOnWriteArrayListTypeConverter, CopyOnWriteArraySetTypeConverter, LinkedBlockingDequeTypeConverter, LinkedBlockingQueueTypeConverter, LinkedHashSetTypeConverter, LinkedListTypeConverter, ListTypeConverter, PriorityBlockingQueueTypeConverter, PriorityQueueTypeConverter, SetTypeConverter, StackTypeConverter, TreeSetTypeConverter
```
public abstract class CollectionTypeConverter
extends Object
implements TypeConverter
```
Base class for converting object into Collections. Conversion is possible for the following types:
- Default: A singleton collection is created for the object passed in being converted to the collection element type if possible.
- JsonEntry: arrays as collection of desired type, objects as either collection map entries, or attempts to create an object from the map, primitive - singleton collection
- CharSequence: Try to parse as json, if that fails treat as csv with optional []
Author:

David B. Bracewell

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

CollectionTypeConverter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`convert(Object source, Type... parameters)`	Converts an object from one type to another.
`protected abstract Collection<?>`	`newCollection()`	New collection collection.

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
  - CollectionTypeConverter
```
public CollectionTypeConverter()
```
- Method Detail
  - convert
```
public Object convert(Object source,
                      Type... parameters)
               throws TypeConversionException
```
    Description copied from interface: TypeConverter
    
    Converts an object from one type to another.
    
    Specified by:
    
    convert in interface TypeConverter
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - 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
  - newCollection
```
protected abstract Collection<?> newCollection()
```
    New collection collection.
    
    Returns:
    
    the collection