com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic
Class AbstractSingleValueConverter

java.lang.Object
  com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractSingleValueConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConverterMatcher, SingleValueConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

BigDecimalConverter, BigIntegerConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteConverter, CharsetConverter, CurrencyConverter, DateConverter, DoubleConverter, FileConverter, FloatConverter, IntConverter, ISO8601GregorianCalendarConverter, JavaClassConverter, LocaleConverter, LongConverter, ShortConverter, SqlDateConverter, SqlTimeConverter, SqlTimestampConverter, StackTraceElementConverter, StringBufferConverter, StringConverter, TextAttributeConverter, ToStringConverter, URLConverter

public abstract class AbstractSingleValueConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements SingleValueConverter

Base abstract implementation of SingleValueConverter.

Subclasses should implement methods canConvert(Class) and fromString(String) for the conversion.

Author:

Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible, Mauro Talevi

See Also:

SingleValueConverter

Constructor Summary

AbstractSingleValueConverter()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	canConvert(java.lang.Class type) Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
abstract java.lang.Object	fromString(java.lang.String str) Unmarshalls an Object from its single value representation.
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object obj) Marshalls an Object into a single value representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractSingleValueConverter

public AbstractSingleValueConverter()

Method Detail

canConvert

public abstract boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)

Description copied from interface: ConverterMatcher

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Specified by:

canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher

Parameters:

type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object obj)

Description copied from interface: SingleValueConverter

Marshalls an Object into a single value representation.

Specified by:

toString in interface SingleValueConverter

Parameters:

obj - the Object to be converted

Returns:

a String with the single value of the Object or null

fromString

public abstract java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)

Description copied from interface: SingleValueConverter

Unmarshalls an Object from its single value representation.

Specified by:

fromString in interface SingleValueConverter

Parameters:

str - the String with the single value of the Object

Returns:

the Object