Package org.apache.cayenne.reflect

Class ConverterFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.cayenne.reflect.ConverterFactory

public class ConverterFactory
extends Object

A factory of property type converters.

Since:

1.2

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> void	addConverter(Class<? super T> type, Converter<T> converter)	Converters are used by PropertyUtils.setProperty(Object, String, Object) to coerce generic Object values into the specific type expected by the named setter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

addConverter

public static <T> void addConverter(Class<? super T> type,
                                    Converter<T> converter)

Converters are used by PropertyUtils.setProperty(Object, String, Object) to coerce generic Object values into the specific type expected by the named setter.

Parameters:

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

converter - a converter used to convert the value from Object to T

Since:

4.0