Package net.sf.ezmorph.object

Class NumberMorpher

java.lang.Object

net.sf.ezmorph.object.AbstractObjectMorpher

net.sf.ezmorph.object.NumberMorpher

All Implemented Interfaces:

Morpher, ObjectMorpher

public final class NumberMorpher
extends AbstractObjectMorpher

Morphs to a subclass of Number.
Supported types are - Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, BigInteger, BigtDecimal.

Author:

Andres Almiray aalmiray@users.sourceforge.net

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NumberMorpher(Class type)	Creates a new morpher for the target type.
NumberMorpher(Class type, Number defaultValue)	Creates a new morpher for the target type with a default value. The defaultValue should be of the same class as the target type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Number	getDefaultValue()	Returns the default value for this Morpher.
int	hashCode()
Object	morph(Object value)	Morphs the input object into an output object of the supported type.
Class	morphsTo()	Returns the target Class for conversion.
void	setDefaultValue(Number defaultValue)	Sets the defaultValue to use if the value to be morphed is null. The defaultValue should be of the same class as the type this morpher returns with morphsTo().

Methods inherited from class net.sf.ezmorph.object.AbstractObjectMorpher

isUseDefault, setUseDefault, supports

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

NumberMorpher

public NumberMorpher(Class type)

Creates a new morpher for the target type.

Parameters:

type - must be a primitive or wrapper type. BigDecimal and BigInteger are also supported.

NumberMorpher

public NumberMorpher(Class type,
 Number defaultValue)

Creates a new morpher for the target type with a default value.
The defaultValue should be of the same class as the target type.

Parameters:

type - must be a primitive or wrapper type. BigDecimal and BigInteger are also supported.

defaultValue - return value if the value to be morphed is null

Method Details

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getDefaultValue

public Number getDefaultValue()

Returns the default value for this Morpher.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

morph

public Object morph(Object value)

Description copied from interface: ObjectMorpher

Morphs the input object into an output object of the supported type.

Parameters:

value - The input value to be morphed

morphsTo

public Class morphsTo()

Description copied from interface: Morpher

Returns the target Class for conversion.

Returns:

the target Class for conversion.

setDefaultValue

public void setDefaultValue(Number defaultValue)

Sets the defaultValue to use if the value to be morphed is null.
The defaultValue should be of the same class as the type this morpher returns with morphsTo().

Parameters:

defaultValue - return value if the value to be morphed is null