Package com.gengoai.conversion

Interface TypeConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayTypeConverter, BaseNumberTypeConverter, BigDecimalTypeConverter, BigIntegerTypeConverter, BooleanTypeConverter, ByteTypeConverter, CharacterTypeConverter, CharsetTypeConverter, ClassTypeConverter, CollectionTypeConverter, ConcurrentLinkedDequeTypeConverter, ConcurrentLinkedQueueTypeConverter, ConcurrentMapTypeConverter, ConcurrentSkipListMapTypeConverter, ConcurrentSkipListSetTypeConverter, CopyOnWriteArrayListTypeConverter, CopyOnWriteArraySetTypeConverter, DoubleTypeConverter, DynamicEnumTypeConverter, EnumMapTypeConverter, EnumSetTypeConverter, EnumTypeConverter, FileTypeConverter, FloatTypeConverter, HashMapTypeConverter, InputStreamTypeConverter, IntegerTypeConverter, IteratorTypeConverter, JavaDateTypeConverter, JsonEntryTypeConverter, LevelTypeConverter, LinkedBlockingDequeTypeConverter, LinkedBlockingQueueTypeConverter, LinkedHashMapTypeConverter, LinkedHashSetTypeConverter, LinkedListTypeConverter, ListTypeConverter, LongTypeConverter, MapTypeConverter, NTupleTypeConverter, OutputStreamTypeConverter, PathTypeConverter, PriorityBlockingQueueTypeConverter, PriorityQueueTypeConverter, ReaderTypeConverter, ResourceTypeConverter, SetTypeConverter, ShortTypeConverter, SqlDateTypeConverter, StackTypeConverter, StringBuilderTypeConverter, StringTagConverter, StringTypeConverter, TreeMapTypeConverter, TreeSetTypeConverter, Tuple1TypeConverter, Tuple2TypeConverter, Tuple3TypeConverter, Tuple4TypeConverter, UriTypeConverter, UrlTypeConverter, WeakHashMapTypeConverter, WriterTypeConverter

public interface TypeConverter

Defines an interface for converting one type to another. Implementations are loaded at runtime using the Java ServiceLoader. A runtime exception will be thrown if multiple classes are trying to convert the same type.

Author:

David B. Bracewell

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	convert(Object source, Type... parameters)	Converts an object from one type to another.
Class[]	getConversionType()	Array of classes that this type converter can convert objects to

Method Detail

convert

Object convert(Object source,
               Type... parameters)
        throws TypeConversionException

Converts an object from one type to another.

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

getConversionType

Class[] getConversionType()

Array of classes that this type converter can convert objects to

Returns:

the classes that this converter can convert to