org.jeesy.classinfo.converter.api

Interface StringConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConverterManager, DefaultConverter

public interface StringConverter

Facade for string conversion.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	fromString(TypeInfo<T> type, String value) Create new instance of expected type from string value
<T> String	toString(TypeInfo<T> type, T value) Convert object to string.

Method Detail

fromString

<T> T fromString(TypeInfo<T> type,
               String value)
             throws ConversionException

Create new instance of expected type from string value

Parameters:

type - Expected target type

value - String value to convert

Returns:

instance of expected type or child

Throws:

ConversionException - if something goes wrong

toString

<T> String toString(TypeInfo<T> type,
                  T value)
                throws ConversionException

Convert object to string. It's desirable what result can be parsed back and obj.equals(fromString(*,ojb.getClass(),toString(*,obj))) == true

Parameters:

type - type info of value

value - Object to convert @return string

Throws:

ConversionException - if something goes wrong