Package org.springframework.binding.convert.converters

Class SpringConvertingConverterAdapter

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.binding.convert.converters.SpringConvertingConverterAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public class SpringConvertingConverterAdapter
extends Object
implements Converter

A Spring Binding Converter that delegates to a Spring ConversionService to do the actual type conversion.

Author:

Rossen Stoyanchev

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SpringConvertingConverterAdapter(Class<?> sourceClass, Class<?> targetClass, org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService conversionService)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	convertSourceToTargetClass(Object source, Class<?> targetClass)	Convert the provided source object argument to an instance of the specified target class.
Class<?>	getSourceClass()	The source class this converter can convert from.
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 Details

SpringConvertingConverterAdapter

public SpringConvertingConverterAdapter(Class<?> sourceClass,
 Class<?> targetClass,
 org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService conversionService)

Method Details

convertSourceToTargetClass

public Object convertSourceToTargetClass(Object source,
 Class<?> targetClass)

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

getSourceClass

public 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 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