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

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConcurrentMapTypeConverter, ConcurrentSkipListMapTypeConverter, HashMapTypeConverter, LinkedHashMapTypeConverter, TreeMapTypeConverter, WeakHashMapTypeConverter
```
public abstract class MapTypeConverter
extends Object
implements TypeConverter
```
Base Map type converter. Handles Maps, JsonEntries, CharSequences, and other objects that can be iterated over.

Author:

David B. Bracewell

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MapTypeConverter()

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.
`abstract Map<?,?>`	`createMap()`

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
  - MapTypeConverter
```
public MapTypeConverter()
```
- 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
  - createMap
```
public abstract Map<?,?> createMap()
```