com.edorasware.commons.core.persistence

Interface ValueConverter<S,T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseValueConverter, IdConverter, IdentityLinkConverter, PropertyConverter, VariableConverter

public interface ValueConverter<S,T>

Bi-directional converter of values from one (source) type to values of another (target) type and vice versa.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	acceptsSourceValue(Object value) Returns true if the converter knows how to convert the given source value to the target type.
boolean	acceptsTargetValue(Object value) Returns true if the converter knows how to convert the given target value to the source type.
S	convertToSourceType(Object value) Converts the given target value to the source type.
T	convertToTargetType(Object value) Converts the given source value to the target type.
String	getName() The name of the converter.
Class<S>	getSourceType() Returns the type of source values that the converter can handle.
Class<T>	getTargetType() Returns the type of target values that the converter can handle.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

The name of the converter.

Returns:

the converter name

getSourceType

Class<S> getSourceType()

Returns the type of source values that the converter can handle.

Returns:

the type of the source values supported/created by the converter

getTargetType

Class<T> getTargetType()

Returns the type of target values that the converter can handle.

Returns:

the type of the target values supported/created by the converter

acceptsSourceValue

boolean acceptsSourceValue(Object value)

Returns true if the converter knows how to convert the given source value to the target type.

Parameters:

value - the candidate source value

Returns:

true if the source value can be converted

acceptsTargetValue

boolean acceptsTargetValue(Object value)

Returns true if the converter knows how to convert the given target value to the source type.

Parameters:

value - the candidate target value

Returns:

true if the target value can be converted

convertToTargetType

T convertToTargetType(Object value)

Converts the given source value to the target type. This is sort of a 'serialization'.

Parameters:

value - the source value to convert

Returns:

the converted target value

convertToSourceType

S convertToSourceType(Object value)

Converts the given target value to the source type. This is sort of a 'deserialization'.

Parameters:

value - the target value to convert

Returns:

the converted source value