org.jeesy.classinfo.converter.api

Interface ConversionService

All Superinterfaces:

Converter<Object,Object>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConverterManager, DefaultConverter, DefaultFallback

public interface ConversionService
extends Converter<Object,Object>

Converter what able to convert multiple types depending on parameters

Author:

Artem Mironov

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<I,O,T extends Converter<I,O>> T	converterByType(Class<T> converterType) Search for converter of specified type.
<SrcType,DstType> Converter<SrcType,DstType>	converterFor(Class<SrcType> srcType, Class<DstType> dstType) Lookup exact converter for the specified raw types.
<I,O> O	convertType(I src, TypeInfo<I> srcType, TypeInfo<O> dstType) Convert source value of specified type to value of destination type

Methods inherited from interface org.jeesy.classinfo.converter.api.Converter

convert

Method Detail

convertType

<I,O> O convertType(I src,
                  TypeInfo<I> srcType,
                  TypeInfo<O> dstType)
              throws ConversionException

Convert source value of specified type to value of destination type

Parameters:

src - source value

srcType - extended source type

dstType - destination type

Returns:

converted value of type which can be assigned to dstType

Throws:

ConversionException

converterByType

<I,O,T extends Converter<I,O>> T converterByType(Class<T> converterType)

Search for converter of specified type. Optionally if service is capable of creating converter instance it can return new converter if nothing found

Type Parameters:

I - type of the source what converter supports

Parameters:

converterType - exact type of the requested converter

type - of the destination what converter supports

Returns:

cached or new converter instance or null

converterFor

<SrcType,DstType> Converter<SrcType,DstType> converterFor(Class<SrcType> srcType,
                                                        Class<DstType> dstType)

Lookup exact converter for the specified raw types.

Parameters:

srcType - source type

dstType - destination type

Returns:

converter what can converter values of source type to destination type