ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin
Class BuiltinConverters

java.lang.Object
  ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin.BuiltinConverters

public abstract class BuiltinConverters
extends Object

BuiltinConverters is a utility class used to register common built-in converters.

Author:

mattdeboer

Constructor Summary

BuiltinConverters()

Method Summary

static void

register(ConverterFactory converterFactory) Registers a common set of built-in converters which can handle many common conversion situations. Specifically, this includes: ConstructorConverter: converts from the source type to destination type if there is a constructor available on the destination type which takes the source as a single argument.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BuiltinConverters

public BuiltinConverters()

Method Detail

register

public static void register(ConverterFactory converterFactory)

Registers a common set of built-in converters which can handle many common conversion situations.
Specifically, this includes:

• ConstructorConverter: converts from the source type to destination type if there is a constructor available on the destination type which takes the source as a single argument.
• FromStringConverter: able to convert from a String to enum, primitive, or primitive wrapper.
• ToStringconverter: able to convert any type to String
• DateAndTimeConverters: convert between common date/time representations
  • java.util.Calendar
  • java.util.Date
  • long / java.lang.Long
  • javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar
  • java.sql.Date
  • java.sql.Time
  • java.sql.Timestamp
• PassThroughConverter registered for the following (additional) immutable types:
  • java.net.URL
  • java.net.URI
  • java.util.UUID
  • java.math.BigInteger
  • java.util.Locale
  • java.io.File
  • java.net.Inet4Address
  • java.net.Inet6Address
  • java.net.InetSocketAddress
• CloneableConverter registered for the following cloneable types:
  • java.util.Date
  • java.util.Calendar
  • javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar

Parameters:

converterFactory - the converter factory on which to register the converters