Package org.springframework.binding.convert.converters

Interface TwoWayConverter

All Superinterfaces:

Converter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayToCollection, FormattedStringToNumber, PropertyEditorConverter, StringToBigDecimal, StringToBigInteger, StringToBoolean, StringToByte, StringToCharacter, StringToClass, StringToDate, StringToDouble, StringToEnum, StringToFloat, StringToInteger, StringToLocale, StringToLong, StringToObject, StringToShort

public interface TwoWayConverter
extends Converter

A converter that can also convert from the target back to the source.

Author:

Keith Donald

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	convertTargetToSourceClass(Object target, Class<?> sourceClass)	Convert the provided target object argument to an instance of the specified source class.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.binding.convert.converters.Converter

convertSourceToTargetClass, getSourceClass, getTargetClass

Method Details

convertTargetToSourceClass

Object convertTargetToSourceClass(Object target,
 Class<?> sourceClass)
                           throws Exception

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

Parameters:

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

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

Returns:

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

Throws:

Exception - an exception occurred performing the conversion