Package org.springframework.core.convert.converter

Interface ConditionalConverter

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConditionalGenericConverter

public interface ConditionalConverter

Allows a Converter, GenericConverter or ConverterFactory to conditionally execute based on attributes of the source and target TypeDescriptor.

Often used to selectively match custom conversion logic based on the presence of a field or class-level characteristic, such as an annotation or method. For example, when converting from a String field to a Date field, an implementation might return true if the target field has also been annotated with @DateTimeFormat.

As another example, when converting from a String field to an Account field, an implementation might return true if the target Account class defines a public static findAccount(String) method.

Since:

3.2

Author:

Phillip Webb, Keith Donald

See Also:

• Converter
• GenericConverter
• ConverterFactory
• ConditionalGenericConverter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType)	Should the conversion from sourceType to targetType currently under consideration be selected?

Method Details

matches

boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType,
 TypeDescriptor targetType)

Should the conversion from sourceType to targetType currently under consideration be selected?

Parameters:

sourceType - the type descriptor of the field we are converting from

targetType - the type descriptor of the field we are converting to

Returns:

true if conversion should be performed, false otherwise