ma.glasnost.orika.converter
Class BidirectionalConverter<S,D>

java.lang.Object
  ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter<Object,Object>
      ma.glasnost.orika.converter.BidirectionalConverter<S,D>

Type Parameters:

S -

D -

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<Object,Object>, MappedTypePair<Object,Object>

Direct Known Subclasses:

DateAndTimeConverters.CalendarToXmlGregorianCalendarConverter, DateAndTimeConverters.DateToCalendarConverter, DateAndTimeConverters.DateToXmlGregorianCalendarConverter, DateAndTimeConverters.LongToCalendarConverter, DateAndTimeConverters.LongToDateConverter, DateAndTimeConverters.LongToSqlDateConverter, DateAndTimeConverters.LongToTimeConverter, DateAndTimeConverters.LongToXmlGregorianCalendarConverter, DateToStringConverter, NumericConverters.BigDecimalToDoubleConverter, NumericConverters.BigDecimalToFloatConverter, NumericConverters.BigIntegerToIntegerConverter, NumericConverters.BigIntegerToLongConverter, NumericConverters.DoubleToIntegerConverter, NumericConverters.DoubleToLongConverter, NumericConverters.DoubleToShortConverter, NumericConverters.FloatToIntegerConverter, NumericConverters.FloatToLongConverter, NumericConverters.FloatToShortConverter, NumericConverters.IntegerToShortConverter, NumericConverters.LongToIntegerConverter, NumericConverters.LongToShortConverter, StringToCharacterConverter

public abstract class BidirectionalConverter<S,D>
extends CustomConverter<Object,Object>
implements Converter<Object,Object>

A custom converter that can be extended for mapping from one type to another in both directions

Author:

matt.deboer@gmail.com

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter

destinationType, mapperFacade, sourceType

Constructor Summary

BidirectionalConverter()

Method Summary

boolean	canConvert(Type<?> sourceType, Type<?> destinationType) Answers whether this converter can be used to handle the conversion of sourceType to destinationType.
Object	convert(Object source, Type<? extends Object> destinationType) Perform the conversion of source into a new instance of destinationType.
abstract S	convertFrom(D source, Type<S> destinationType)
abstract D	convertTo(S source, Type<D> destinationType)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter

getAType, getBType, setMapperFacade

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ma.glasnost.orika.Converter

setMapperFacade

Methods inherited from interface ma.glasnost.orika.MappedTypePair

getAType, getBType

Constructor Detail

BidirectionalConverter

public BidirectionalConverter()

Method Detail

convertTo

public abstract D convertTo(S source,
                            Type<D> destinationType)

convertFrom

public abstract S convertFrom(D source,
                              Type<S> destinationType)

convert

public Object convert(Object source,
                      Type<? extends Object> destinationType)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Perform the conversion of source into a new instance of destinationType.

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter<Object,Object>

Parameters:

source - the source object to be converted

destinationType - the destination type to produce

Returns:

a new instance of destinationType

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(Type<?> sourceType,
                          Type<?> destinationType)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Answers whether this converter can be used to handle the conversion of sourceType to destinationType.

Specified by:

canConvert in interface Converter<Object,Object>

Overrides:

canConvert in class CustomConverter<Object,Object>

Returns:

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class CustomConverter<Object,Object>