com.twelvemonkeys.util.convert
Interface PropertyConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

Converter, DateConverter, DefaultConverter, NumberConverter, TimeConverter

public interface PropertyConverter

Converts strings to objects and back.

Version:

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Author:

Harald Kuhr, last modified by $Author: haku $

Method Summary

Object	toObject(String pString, Class pType, String pFormat) Converts the string to an object, using the given format for parsing.
String	toString(Object pObject, String pFormat) Converts the object to a string, using the given format

Method Detail

toObject

Object toObject(String pString,
                Class pType,
                String pFormat)
                throws ConversionException

Converts the string to an object, using the given format for parsing.

Parameters:

pString - the string to convert

pType - the type to convert to. PropertyConverter implementations may choose to ignore this parameter.

pFormat - the format used for parsing. PropertyConverter implementations may choose to ignore this parameter. Also, implementations that require a parser format, should provide a default format, and allow null as the format argument.

Returns:

the object created from the given string.

Throws:

ConversionException - if the string could not be converted to the specified type and format.

toString

String toString(Object pObject,
                String pFormat)
                throws ConversionException

Converts the object to a string, using the given format

Parameters:

pObject - the object to convert

pFormat - the format used for parsing. PropertyConverter implementations may choose to ignore this parameter. Also, implementations that require a parser format, should provide a default format, and allow null as the format argument.

Returns:

the string representation of the object, on the correct format.

Throws:

ConversionException - if the string could not be converted to the specified type and format.