org.apache.tapestry.coerce

Interface TypeConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanArrayToIteratorConverter, BooleanArrayToListConverter, CharArrayToIteratorConverter, CharArrayToListConverter, CollectionToBooleanConverter, CollectionToIteratorConverter, CollectionToListConverter, IntArrayToIteratorConverter, IntArrayToListConverter, IteratorToListConverter, MapToBooleanConverter, NullToBooleanConverter, NullToIteratorConverter, NullToListConverter, NumberToBooleanConverter, ObjectArrayToIteratorConverter, ObjectArrayToListConverter, ObjectToBooleanConverter, ObjectToIteratorConverter, ObjectToListConverter, ObjectToStringConverter, StringToBooleanConverter, StringToPropertySelectionModelConverter, TypeConverterWrapper

public interface TypeConverter

Converts a value to a specific (implicit) type.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Howard M. Lewis Ship

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	convertValue(java.lang.Object value) Converts the value.

Method Detail

convertValue

java.lang.Object convertValue(java.lang.Object value)

Converts the value.

Parameters:

value - the value to be converted (which may be null)

Returns:

the value converted to a specific type; different implementations of TypeConverter will return different types.

Throws:

org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException - if the value can not be converted