org.xwiki.properties.internal.converter
Class ConvertUtilsConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.xwiki.properties.internal.converter.ConvertUtilsConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Initializable, Converter

@Component
@Singleton
public class ConvertUtilsConverter
extends Object
implements Converter, Initializable

ConvertUtils based converter.

It's the default Converter, the one used when no other Converter could be found by ConverterManager.

Since:

2.0M2

Version:

$Id$

Constructor Summary

ConvertUtilsConverter()

Method Summary

<T> T	convert(Type targetType, Object sourceValue)
void	initialize() By default ConvertUtils.convert(Object, Class) does not throw any exceptions for failed conversions.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConvertUtilsConverter

public ConvertUtilsConverter()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()

By default ConvertUtils.convert(Object, Class) does not throw any exceptions for failed conversions. Instead it will return some default value corresponding to the target type. We must override this behavior in order to get the desired functionality.

Specified by:

initialize in interface Initializable

convert

public <T> T convert(Type targetType,
                     Object sourceValue)

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter

Type Parameters:

T - the type in which the provided value has to be converted

Parameters:

targetType - the type in which the provided value has to be converted

sourceValue - the value to convert

Returns:

the converted value

See Also:

Converter.convert(java.lang.reflect.Type, java.lang.Object)