org.picocontainer.converters
Class BuiltInConverters

java.lang.Object
  org.picocontainer.converters.BuiltInConverters

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Converters

public class BuiltInConverters
extends Object
implements Converters, Serializable

Provides some built-in converters used by DefaultPicoContainer. It supports by default primitive types (and boxed equivalents) and for File and URL types. Built-in converters can be changed by extending the class and overriding the method addBuiltInConverters().

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BuiltInConverters()

Method Summary

protected void	addBuiltInConverters()
protected void	addConverter(Converter<?> converter, Class<?> key)
boolean	canConvert(Type type) Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object type
Object	convert(String paramValue, Type type) Converts a particular string value into the target type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BuiltInConverters

public BuiltInConverters()

Method Detail

addBuiltInConverters

protected void addBuiltInConverters()

addConverter

protected void addConverter(Converter<?> converter,
                            Class<?> key)

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(Type type)

Description copied from interface: Converters

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

Specified by:

canConvert in interface Converters

Parameters:

type - the object Type to convert to

Returns:

true if the type can be converted to

convert

public Object convert(String paramValue,
                      Type type)

Description copied from interface: Converters

Converts a particular string value into the target type

Specified by:

convert in interface Converters

Parameters:

paramValue - the String value to convert

type - the object Type to convert to

Returns:

The converted Object instance