com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic
Class AbstractSingleValueConverter

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractSingleValueConverter
All Implemented Interfaces:
ConverterMatcher, SingleValueConverter
Direct Known Subclasses:
AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter, BigDecimalConverter, BigIntegerConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteConverter, CharsetConverter, CurrencyConverter, DateConverter, DoubleConverter, DurationConverter, EnumSingleValueConverter, FileConverter, FloatConverter, IntConverter, ISO8601GregorianCalendarConverter, JavaClassConverter, LocaleConverter, LongConverter, ShortConverter, SqlDateConverter, SqlTimeConverter, SqlTimestampConverter, StackTraceElementConverter, StringBufferConverter, StringBuilderConverter, StringConverter, ToStringConverter, URLConverter, UUIDConverter

public abstract class AbstractSingleValueConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements SingleValueConverter

Base abstract implementation of SingleValueConverter.

Subclasses should implement methods canConvert(Class) and fromString(String) for the conversion.

Author:
Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible, Mauro Talevi
See Also:
SingleValueConverter

Constructor Summary
AbstractSingleValueConverter()
           
 
Method Summary
abstract  boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
          Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
abstract  java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)
          Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.
 java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object obj)
          Marshals an Object into a single value representation.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

AbstractSingleValueConverter

public AbstractSingleValueConverter()
Method Detail

canConvert

public abstract boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
Description copied from interface: ConverterMatcher
Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Specified by:
canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher
Parameters:
type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object obj)
Description copied from interface: SingleValueConverter
Marshals an Object into a single value representation.

Specified by:
toString in interface SingleValueConverter
Parameters:
obj - the Object to be converted
Returns:
a String with the single value of the Object or null

fromString

public abstract java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)
Description copied from interface: SingleValueConverter
Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.

Specified by:
fromString in interface SingleValueConverter
Parameters:
str - the String with the single value of the Object
Returns:
the Object


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