ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin

Class ToStringConverter

java.lang.Object

ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter<C,D>

ma.glasnost.orika.converter.builtin.ToStringConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class ToStringConverter
extends CustomConverter<C,D>

Converts any object to string

Author:

matt.deboer@gmail.com, elaatifi@gmail.com

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter

destinationType, mapperFacade, sourceType

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ToStringConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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, MappingContext context) Perform the conversion of source into a new instance of destinationType.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class ma.glasnost.orika.CustomConverter

equals, getAType, getBType, hashCode, setMapperFacade

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ToStringConverter

public ToStringConverter()

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,
                      MappingContext context)

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

context - since converters now have access to MapperFacade, they have to pass mapping context

Returns:

a new instance of destinationType

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class CustomConverter<C,D>