ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin
Class ConstructorConverter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class ConstructorConverter
extends CustomConverter<Object,Object>

ConstructorConverter will converter from one type to another if there exists a constructor for the destinationType with a single argument matching the type of the source.

Author:

matt.deboer@gmail.com

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter

destinationType, mapperFacade, sourceType

Constructor Summary

ConstructorConverter()

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

ConstructorConverter

public ConstructorConverter()

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