org.zkoss.bind

Interface Converter<U,B,C extends org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractListModelConverter, AbstractSelectedIndexConverter, ChildrenBindingConverter, ComboboxModelConverter, ComboboxSelectedIndexConverter, ComboboxSelectedItemConverter, DefaultJSONBindingParamConverter, ErrorMessageConverter, FormatedDateConverter, FormatedNumberConverter, FormattedTemporalConverter, FormattedTimeConverter, GridModelConverter, ImageContentConverter, ListboxModelConverter, ListboxSelectedIndexConverter, ListboxSelectedItemConverter, ListboxSelectedItemsConverter, ObjectBooleanConverter, RadiogroupModelConverter, RadiogroupSelectedIndexConverter, RadiogroupSelectedItemConverter, SelectboxModelConverter, SelectboxSelectedIndexConverter, SelectboxSelectedItemConverter, TabboxModelConverter, TabboxSelectedIndexConverter, TabboxSelectedTabConverter, TreeModelConverter, TreeSelectedItemConverter, TreeSelectedItemsConverter, UriConverter

public interface Converter<U,B,C extends org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component>

Generic binding conversion interface. U is the value type of the Component attribute, B is the property type of the Bean and C is the component type of the converter.

Since:

6.0.0

Author:

henrichen, dennis

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Object	IGNORED_VALUE Indicates the returned value should be ignored to load to a component or save to a bean, It is useful for writing a converter to manipulate component directly when loading or saving Note : If you want to return IGNORED_VALUE in the converter method, then you need to set U or B to Object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
B	coerceToBean(U compAttr, C component, BindContext ctx) Coerces a value to bean value to save to a bean
U	coerceToUi(B beanProp, C component, BindContext ctx) Coerces a value to another value to load to a component

Field Detail

IGNORED_VALUE

static final Object IGNORED_VALUE

Indicates the returned value should be ignored to load to a component or save to a bean, It is useful for writing a converter to manipulate component directly when loading or saving Note :
If you want to return IGNORED_VALUE in the converter method, then you need to set U or B to Object.

Since:

6.0.1

Method Detail

coerceToUi

U coerceToUi(B beanProp,
             C component,
             BindContext ctx)

Coerces a value to another value to load to a component

Parameters:

beanProp - the bean value

component - the component to be loaded the value

ctx - the bind context

Returns:

the value to load to a component

coerceToBean

B coerceToBean(U compAttr,
               C component,
               BindContext ctx)

Coerces a value to bean value to save to a bean

Parameters:

compAttr - the value of component attribute.

component - the component provides the value

ctx - the bind context

Returns:

the value to save to a bean