ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin
Class CloneableConverter

java.lang.Object
  ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter<Object,Object>
      ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin.CloneableConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class CloneableConverter
extends CustomConverter<Object,Object>

CloneableConverter allows configuration of a number of specific types which should be cloned directly instead of creating a mapped copy.

This allows you to declare your own set of types which should be cloned instead of mapped.

Author:

matt.deboer@gmail.com

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter

destinationType, mapperFacade, sourceType

Constructor Summary

CloneableConverter(Type... types)
Constructs a new ClonableConverter configured to handle the provided list of types by cloning.

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.

Methods inherited from class ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter

getAType, getBType, setMapperFacade, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CloneableConverter

public CloneableConverter(Type... types)

Constructs a new ClonableConverter configured to handle the provided list of types by cloning.

Parameters:

types - one or more types that should be treated as immutable

Method Detail

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:

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.

Parameters:

source - the source object to be converted

destinationType - the destination type to produce

Returns:

a new instance of destinationType