org.springframework.core.convert.support
Class GenericConversionService

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConversionService, ConverterRegistry, ConfigurableConversionService

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultConversionService, FormattingConversionService

public class GenericConversionService
extends java.lang.Object
implements ConfigurableConversionService

Base ConversionService implementation suitable for use in most environments. Indirectly implements ConverterRegistry as registration API through the ConfigurableConversionService interface.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Keith Donald, Juergen Hoeller, Chris Beams

Nested Class Summary

private class	GenericConversionService.ConverterAdapter
private static class	GenericConversionService.ConverterCacheKey
private class	GenericConversionService.ConverterFactoryAdapter
private static class	GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters

Field Summary

private java.util.Map<GenericConversionService.ConverterCacheKey,GenericConverter>	converterCache
private java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters>>	converters
private static GenericConverter	NO_MATCH
private static GenericConverter	NO_OP_CONVERTER

Constructor Summary

GenericConversionService()

Method Summary

void	addConverter(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType, java.lang.Class<?> targetType, Converter<?,?> converter) Add a plain converter to this registry.
void	addConverter(Converter<?,?> converter) Add a plain converter to this registry.
void	addConverter(GenericConverter converter) Add a generic converter to this registry.
void	addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory<?,?> converterFactory) Add a ranged converter factory to this registry.
private void	addInterfaceHierarchy(java.lang.Class<?> interfaceType, java.util.Set<java.lang.Class<?>> interfaces)
private void	assertNotPrimitiveTargetType(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType)
boolean	canConvert(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType, java.lang.Class<?> targetType) Returns true if objects of sourceType can be converted to targetType.
boolean	canConvert(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) Returns true if objects of sourceType can be converted to the targetType.
<T> T	convert(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.Class<T> targetType) Convert the source to targetType.
java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object source, TypeDescriptor targetType) Convenience operation for converting a source object to the specified targetType, where the targetType is a descriptor that provides additional conversion context.
java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) Convert the source to targetType.
protected java.lang.Object	convertNullSource(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) Template method to convert a null source.
private GenericConverter	findConverterForClassPair(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType)
protected GenericConverter	getConverter(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) Hook method to lookup the converter for a given sourceType/targetType pair.
protected GenericConverter	getDefaultConverter(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) Return the default converter if no converter is found for the given sourceType/targetType pair.
private GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters	getMatchableConverters(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType, java.lang.Class<?> targetType)
private GenericConverter	getMatchingConverterForTarget(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType, java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters> converters)
private GenericConverter.ConvertiblePair	getRequiredTypeInfo(java.lang.Object converter, java.lang.Class<?> genericIfc)
private java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters>	getSourceConverterMap(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType)
private java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters>	getTargetConvertersForSource(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType)
private java.lang.Object	handleConverterNotFound(java.lang.Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType)
private java.lang.Object	handleResult(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType, java.lang.Object result)
private void	invalidateCache()
private GenericConverter	matchConverter(GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters matchable, TypeDescriptor sourceFieldType, TypeDescriptor targetFieldType)
void	removeConvertible(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType, java.lang.Class<?> targetType) Remove any converters from sourceType to targetType.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NO_OP_CONVERTER

private static final GenericConverter NO_OP_CONVERTER

NO_MATCH

private static final GenericConverter NO_MATCH

converters

private final java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters>> converters

converterCache

private final java.util.Map<GenericConversionService.ConverterCacheKey,GenericConverter> converterCache

Constructor Detail

GenericConversionService

public GenericConversionService()

Method Detail

addConverter

public void addConverter(Converter<?,?> converter)

Description copied from interface: ConverterRegistry

Add a plain converter to this registry. The convertible sourceType/targetType pair is derived from the Converter's parameterized types.

Specified by:

addConverter in interface ConverterRegistry

addConverter

public void addConverter(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType,
                         java.lang.Class<?> targetType,
                         Converter<?,?> converter)

Description copied from interface: ConverterRegistry

Add a plain converter to this registry. The convertible sourceType/targetType pair is specified explicitly. Allows for a Converter to be reused for multiple distinct pairs without having to create a Converter class for each pair.

Specified by:

addConverter in interface ConverterRegistry

addConverter

public void addConverter(GenericConverter converter)

Description copied from interface: ConverterRegistry

Add a generic converter to this registry.

Specified by:

addConverter in interface ConverterRegistry

addConverterFactory

public void addConverterFactory(ConverterFactory<?,?> converterFactory)

Description copied from interface: ConverterRegistry

Add a ranged converter factory to this registry. The convertible sourceType/rangeType pair is derived from the ConverterFactory's parameterized types.

Specified by:

addConverterFactory in interface ConverterRegistry

removeConvertible

public void removeConvertible(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType,
                              java.lang.Class<?> targetType)

Description copied from interface: ConverterRegistry

Remove any converters from sourceType to targetType.

Specified by:

removeConvertible in interface ConverterRegistry

Parameters:

sourceType - the source type

targetType - the target type

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType,
                          java.lang.Class<?> targetType)

Description copied from interface: ConversionService

Returns true if objects of sourceType can be converted to targetType. If this method returns true, it means ConversionService.convert(Object, Class) is capable of converting an instance of sourceType to targetType. Special note on collections, arrays, and maps types: For conversion between collection, array, and map types, this method will return 'true' even though a convert invocation may still generate a ConversionException if the underlying elements are not convertible. Callers are expected to handle this exceptional case when working with collections and maps.

Specified by:

canConvert in interface ConversionService

Parameters:

sourceType - the source type to convert from (may be null if source is null)

targetType - the target type to convert to (required)

Returns:

true if a conversion can be performed, false if not

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                          TypeDescriptor targetType)

Description copied from interface: ConversionService

Returns true if objects of sourceType can be converted to the targetType. The TypeDescriptors provide additional context about the source and target locations where conversion would occur, often object fields or property locations. If this method returns true, it means ConversionService.convert(Object, TypeDescriptor, TypeDescriptor) is capable of converting an instance of sourceType to targetType. Special note on collections, arrays, and maps types: For conversion between collection, array, and map types, this method will return 'true' even though a convert invocation may still generate a ConversionException if the underlying elements are not convertible. Callers are expected to handle this exceptional case when working with collections and maps.

Specified by:

canConvert in interface ConversionService

Parameters:

sourceType - context about the source type to convert from (may be null if source is null)

targetType - context about the target type to convert to (required)

Returns:

true if a conversion can be performed between the source and target types, false if not

convert

public <T> T convert(java.lang.Object source,
                     java.lang.Class<T> targetType)

Description copied from interface: ConversionService

Convert the source to targetType.

Specified by:

convert in interface ConversionService

Parameters:

source - the source object to convert (may be null)

targetType - the target type to convert to (required)

Returns:

the converted object, an instance of targetType

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object source,
                                TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                TypeDescriptor targetType)

Description copied from interface: ConversionService

Convert the source to targetType. The TypeDescriptors provide additional context about the source and target locations where conversion will occur, often object fields or property locations.

Specified by:

convert in interface ConversionService

Parameters:

source - the source object to convert (may be null)

sourceType - context about the source type converting from (may be null if source is null)

targetType - context about the target type to convert to (required)

Returns:

the converted object, an instance of targetType

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object source,
                                TypeDescriptor targetType)

Convenience operation for converting a source object to the specified targetType, where the targetType is a descriptor that provides additional conversion context. Simply delegates to convert(Object, TypeDescriptor, TypeDescriptor) and encapsulates the construction of the sourceType descriptor using TypeDescriptor.forObject(Object).

Parameters:

source - the source object

targetType - the target type

Returns:

the converted value

Throws:

ConversionException - if a conversion exception occurred

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if targetType is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if sourceType is null but source is not null

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

convertNullSource

protected java.lang.Object convertNullSource(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                             TypeDescriptor targetType)

Template method to convert a null source.

Default implementation returns null. Subclasses may override to return custom null objects for specific target types.

Parameters:

sourceType - the sourceType to convert from

targetType - the targetType to convert to

Returns:

the converted null object

getConverter

protected GenericConverter getConverter(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                        TypeDescriptor targetType)

Hook method to lookup the converter for a given sourceType/targetType pair. First queries this ConversionService's converter cache. On a cache miss, then performs an exhaustive search for a matching converter. If no converter matches, returns the default converter. Subclasses may override.

Parameters:

sourceType - the source type to convert from

targetType - the target type to convert to

Returns:

the generic converter that will perform the conversion, or null if no suitable converter was found

See Also:

getDefaultConverter(TypeDescriptor, TypeDescriptor)

getDefaultConverter

protected GenericConverter getDefaultConverter(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                               TypeDescriptor targetType)

Return the default converter if no converter is found for the given sourceType/targetType pair. Returns a NO_OP Converter if the sourceType is assignable to the targetType. Returns null otherwise, indicating no suitable converter could be found. Subclasses may override.

Parameters:

sourceType - the source type to convert from

targetType - the target type to convert to

Returns:

the default generic converter that will perform the conversion

getRequiredTypeInfo

private GenericConverter.ConvertiblePair getRequiredTypeInfo(java.lang.Object converter,
                                                             java.lang.Class<?> genericIfc)

getMatchableConverters

private GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters getMatchableConverters(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType,
                                                                            java.lang.Class<?> targetType)

invalidateCache

private void invalidateCache()

getSourceConverterMap

private java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters> getSourceConverterMap(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType)

findConverterForClassPair

private GenericConverter findConverterForClassPair(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                                   TypeDescriptor targetType)

getTargetConvertersForSource

private java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters> getTargetConvertersForSource(java.lang.Class<?> sourceType)

getMatchingConverterForTarget

private GenericConverter getMatchingConverterForTarget(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                                       TypeDescriptor targetType,
                                                       java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters> converters)

addInterfaceHierarchy

private void addInterfaceHierarchy(java.lang.Class<?> interfaceType,
                                   java.util.Set<java.lang.Class<?>> interfaces)

matchConverter

private GenericConverter matchConverter(GenericConversionService.MatchableConverters matchable,
                                        TypeDescriptor sourceFieldType,
                                        TypeDescriptor targetFieldType)

handleConverterNotFound

private java.lang.Object handleConverterNotFound(java.lang.Object source,
                                                 TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                                 TypeDescriptor targetType)

handleResult

private java.lang.Object handleResult(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                      TypeDescriptor targetType,
                                      java.lang.Object result)

assertNotPrimitiveTargetType

private void assertNotPrimitiveTargetType(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
                                          TypeDescriptor targetType)