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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BuiltinConverters()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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
• 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