org.springframework.binding.convert.converters
Class ObjectToArray

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.binding.convert.converters.ObjectToArray

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public class ObjectToArray
extends java.lang.Object
implements Converter

Special two-way converter that converts an object to an single-element array. Mainly used internally by ConversionService implementations.

Author:

Keith Donald

Constructor Summary

ObjectToArray(ConversionExecutor elementConverter)
Creates a new object to array converter.

ObjectToArray(ConversionService conversionService)
Creates a new object to array converter.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convertSourceToTargetClass(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.Class<?> targetClass) Convert the provided source object argument to an instance of the specified target class.
java.lang.Class<?>	getSourceClass() The source class this converter can convert from.
java.lang.Class<?>	getTargetClass() The target class this converter can convert to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectToArray

public ObjectToArray(ConversionService conversionService)

Creates a new object to array converter.

Parameters:

conversionService - the conversion service to resolve the converter to use to convert the object added to the target array.

ObjectToArray

public ObjectToArray(ConversionExecutor elementConverter)

Creates a new object to array converter.

Parameters:

elementConverter - a specific converter to use to convert the object added to the target array.

Method Detail

getSourceClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getSourceClass()

Description copied from interface: Converter

The source class this converter can convert from. May be an interface or abstract type to allow this converter to convert specific subclasses as well.

Specified by:

getSourceClass in interface Converter

Returns:

the source type

getTargetClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getTargetClass()

Description copied from interface: Converter

The target class this converter can convert to. May be an interface or abstract type to allow this converter to convert specific subclasses as well.

Specified by:

getTargetClass in interface Converter

Returns:

the target type

convertSourceToTargetClass

public java.lang.Object convertSourceToTargetClass(java.lang.Object source,
                                                   java.lang.Class<?> targetClass)
                                            throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from interface: Converter

Convert the provided source object argument to an instance of the specified target class.

Specified by:

convertSourceToTargetClass in interface Converter

Parameters:

source - the source object to convert, which must be an instance of Converter.getSourceClass()

targetClass - the target class to convert the source to, which must be equal to or a specialization of Converter.getTargetClass()

Returns:

the converted object, which must be an instance of the targetClass

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - an exception occurred performing the conversion