org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy

Class ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy.ObjectStringConverter

org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy.ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultObjectStringConverter

public class ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter
extends ObjectStringConverter

String <-> object conversion strategy that delegates to ConvertUtils.

Since:

0.5

Author:

Robert Burrell Donkin

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy.ObjectStringConverter

FLAVOUR_OPTION_NAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	objectToString(Object object, Class type, String flavour, Context context) Converts an object to a string representation using ConvertUtils.
Object	stringToObject(String value, Class type, String flavour, Context context) Converts an object to a string representation using ConvertUtils.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy.ObjectStringConverter

objectToString, stringToObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter

public ConvertUtilsObjectStringConverter()

Method Detail

objectToString

public String objectToString(Object object,
                    Class type,
                    String flavour,
                    Context context)

Converts an object to a string representation using ConvertUtils.

Overrides:

objectToString in class ObjectStringConverter

Parameters:

object - the object to be converted, possibly null

type - the property class of the object, not null

flavour - a string allow symantic differences in formatting to be communicated (ignored)

context - not null

Returns:

a String representation, not null

stringToObject

public Object stringToObject(String value,
                    Class type,
                    String flavour,
                    Context context)

Converts an object to a string representation using ConvertUtils. This implementation ignores null and empty string values (rather than converting them).

Overrides:

stringToObject in class ObjectStringConverter

Parameters:

value - the String to be converted, not null

type - the property class to be returned (if possible), not null

flavour - a string allow symantic differences in formatting to be communicated (ignored)

context - not null

Returns:

an Object converted from the String, not null