org.jolokia.converter.object

Class StringToOpenTypeConverter

java.lang.Object

org.jolokia.converter.object.StringToOpenTypeConverter

public class StringToOpenTypeConverter
extends Object

Converter which converts an string or JSON representation to an object represented by an OpenType.

Since:

02.08.11

Author:

Assaf Berg, roland

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected boolean	forgiving

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringToOpenTypeConverter(StringToObjectConverter pStringToObjectConverter) Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	convertToObject(OpenType openType, Object pValue) Handle conversion for OpenTypes.
protected org.jolokia.converter.object.OpenTypeConverter	getDispatcher() Get the dispatcher converter
protected boolean	isForgiving()
StringToOpenTypeConverter	makeForgiving()
protected org.json.simple.JSONAware	toJSON(Object pValue) Convert to JSON.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

forgiving

protected boolean forgiving

Constructor Detail

StringToOpenTypeConverter

public StringToOpenTypeConverter(StringToObjectConverter pStringToObjectConverter)

Constructor

Parameters:

pStringToObjectConverter - converter for the 'leaf' values.

Method Detail

convertToObject

public Object convertToObject(OpenType openType,
                              Object pValue)

Handle conversion for OpenTypes. The value is expected to be in JSON (either an JSONAware object or its string representation.

Parameters:

openType - target type

pValue - value to convert from

Returns:

the converted value

makeForgiving

public StringToOpenTypeConverter makeForgiving()

toJSON

protected org.json.simple.JSONAware toJSON(Object pValue)

Convert to JSON. The given object must be either a valid JSON string or of type JSONAware, in which case it is returned directly

Parameters:

pValue - the value to parse (or to return directly if it is a JSONAware

Returns:

the resulting value

getDispatcher

protected org.jolokia.converter.object.OpenTypeConverter getDispatcher()

Get the dispatcher converter

Returns:

dispatcher

isForgiving

protected boolean isForgiving()

Returns:

whether I accept (and ignore) values that are not in the target type