Package org.apache.cayenne.reflect

Class Converter<T>

java.lang.Object

org.apache.cayenne.reflect.Converter<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ToAnyConverter

public abstract class Converter<T>
extends Object

A helper class to do property type conversions.

Since:

1.2

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Converter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected abstract T	convert(Object value, Class<T> type)	Converts object to supported class without doing any type checking.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Converter

public Converter()

Method Detail

convert

protected abstract T convert(Object value,
                             Class<T> type)

Converts object to supported class without doing any type checking.

Parameters:

value - the object to convert; the source

type - the Class to convert the value to; the destination type

Returns:

an object of type @code{type}. If the conversion fails an exception will be thrown. If value is null then the result will be null.