net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl

Class ValueConverterToCompatiblePojo

java.lang.Object

net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractComponent

net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractLoggableComponent

net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>

net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractRecursiveValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>

net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.AbstractValueConverterToCompatiblePojo<Object,Object>

net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.ValueConverterToCompatiblePojo

All Implemented Interfaces:

SimpleValueConverter<Object,Object>, ValueConverter<Object,Object>

@Singleton
 @Named
public class ValueConverterToCompatiblePojo
extends AbstractValueConverterToCompatiblePojo<Object,Object>

This class extends AbstractValueConverterToCompatiblePojo so it is used as fallback converter for any Object if no more specific converter is matching.

Since:

1.1.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ValueConverterToCompatiblePojo() The constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<Object>	getSourceType() This the type of the value accepted by this converter.
Class<Object>	getTargetType() Is the guaranteed return-type of the conversion.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.AbstractValueConverterToCompatiblePojo

convert, doInitialize, getPojoDescriptorBuilder, getPojoDescriptorBuilderFactory, handleNoGetterForSetter, setPojoDescriptorBuilder, setPojoDescriptorBuilderFactory, setPojoFactory

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractRecursiveValueConverter

getComposedValueConverter, setComposedValueConverter

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractValueConverter

convert, getReflectionUtil, setReflectionUtil

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractLoggableComponent

createLogger, getLogger

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractComponent

doInitialized, getInitializationState, initialize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValueConverterToCompatiblePojo

public ValueConverterToCompatiblePojo()

The constructor.

Method Detail

getSourceType

public Class<Object> getSourceType()

Description copied from interface: ValueConverter

This the type of the value accepted by this converter. Use Object if you want to accept any value. A very common source-type is String.

Returns:

the source-type.

getTargetType

public Class<Object> getTargetType()

Description copied from interface: ValueConverter

Is the guaranteed return-type of the conversion. This information is used externally to choose the most specific ValueConverter that is appropriate for the conversion.
E.g. a generic converter can have Object as target-type while a specific converter may have Collection as target-type. Now if an object (compliant with the source-type) needs to be converted to a Collection or List, the specific converter is used while for other objects the generic converter is chosen.
Please note that the target-type is often more general than the actual returned result. So a ValueConverter that converts a comma-separated String to an ArrayList will typically declare List as target-type.

Returns:

the target-type.