com.edorasware.commons.core.persistence.entity

Class EntityConverterUtils

java.lang.Object

com.edorasware.commons.core.persistence.entity.EntityConverterUtils

public class EntityConverterUtils
extends Object

Provides utility methods related to dealing with converters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <S,T> ValueConverter<S,T>	getConverterByName(String converterName, List<? extends ValueConverter<S,T>> converters) Returns the converter with the given name.
static <S,T> ValueConverter<S,T>	getConverterBySourceValue(Object sourceValue, List<? extends ValueConverter<S,T>> converters) Returns the converter that can handle the given source value.
static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList<? extends ValueConverter<String,Object>>	getPropertyConverters(ConverterProvider converterProvider) Returns all property converters.
static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList<? extends ValueConverter<Object,Object>>	getVariableConverters(ConverterProvider converterProvider) Returns all variable converters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getVariableConverters

public static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList<? extends ValueConverter<Object,Object>> getVariableConverters(ConverterProvider converterProvider)

Returns all variable converters.

Parameters:

converterProvider - the provider from which to retrieve the converters

Returns:

the variable converters

getPropertyConverters

public static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList<? extends ValueConverter<String,Object>> getPropertyConverters(ConverterProvider converterProvider)

Returns all property converters.

Parameters:

converterProvider - the provider from which to retrieve the converters

Returns:

the property converters

getConverterByName

public static <S,T> ValueConverter<S,T> getConverterByName(String converterName,
                                                           List<? extends ValueConverter<S,T>> converters)

Returns the converter with the given name.

Type Parameters:

S - the source type

T - the target type

Parameters:

converterName - the converter name to match against, must not be null

converters - the candidate converters

Returns:

the matching converter

getConverterBySourceValue

public static <S,T> ValueConverter<S,T> getConverterBySourceValue(Object sourceValue,
                                                                  List<? extends ValueConverter<S,T>> converters)

Returns the converter that can handle the given source value.

Type Parameters:

S - the source type

T - the target type

Parameters:

sourceValue - the source value to handle, must not be null

converters - the candidate converters

Returns:

the matching converter