org.picocontainer
Interface Converters

All Known Implementing Classes:

BuiltInConverters, CompositePicoContainer.CompositeConverters, ConvertsNothing

public interface Converters

A facade for a collection of converters that provides string-to-type conversions.

Author:

Paul Hammant, Michael Rimov

Method Summary

boolean	canConvert(Type type) Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object type
Object	convert(String value, Type type) Converts a particular string value into the target type

Method Detail

canConvert

boolean canConvert(Type type)

Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object type

Parameters:

type - the object Type to convert to

Returns:

true if the type can be converted to

convert

Object convert(String value,
               Type type)

Converts a particular string value into the target type

Parameters:

value - the String value to convert

type - the object Type to convert to

Returns:

The converted Object instance