ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin
Class FromStringConverter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class FromStringConverter
extends CustomConverter<Object,Object>

FromStringConverter provides conversion from String to one of the following categories of type, depending on the destination:

• enum
• primitive
• primitive wrapper

Author:

matt.deboer@gmail.com

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter

destinationType, mapperFacade, sourceType

Constructor Summary

FromStringConverter()

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

FromStringConverter

public FromStringConverter()

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