org.springframework.binding.convert.converters

Class SpringConvertingConverterAdapter

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.binding.convert.converters.SpringConvertingConverterAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public class SpringConvertingConverterAdapter
extends java.lang.Object
implements Converter

A Spring Binding Converter that delegates to a Spring ConversionService to do the actual type conversion.

Author:

Rossen Stoyanchev

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SpringConvertingConverterAdapter(java.lang.Class<?> sourceClass, java.lang.Class<?> targetClass, org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService conversionService)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	convertSourceToTargetClass(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.Class<?> targetClass) Convert the provided source object argument to an instance of the specified target class.
java.lang.Class<?>	getSourceClass() The source class this converter can convert from.
java.lang.Class<?>	getTargetClass() The target class this converter can convert to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SpringConvertingConverterAdapter

public SpringConvertingConverterAdapter(java.lang.Class<?> sourceClass,
                                        java.lang.Class<?> targetClass,
                                        org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService conversionService)

Method Detail

convertSourceToTargetClass

public java.lang.Object convertSourceToTargetClass(java.lang.Object source,
                                                   java.lang.Class<?> targetClass)

Description copied from interface: Converter

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

Specified by:

convertSourceToTargetClass in interface Converter

Parameters:

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

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

Returns:

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

getSourceClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getSourceClass()

Description copied from interface: Converter

The source class this converter can convert from. May be an interface or abstract type to allow this converter to convert specific subclasses as well.

Specified by:

getSourceClass in interface Converter

Returns:

the source type

getTargetClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getTargetClass()

Description copied from interface: Converter

The target class this converter can convert to. May be an interface or abstract type to allow this converter to convert specific subclasses as well.

Specified by:

getTargetClass in interface Converter

Returns:

the target type