org.springframework.binding.convert.support
Class TextToBoolean

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.binding.convert.support.AbstractConverter
      org.springframework.binding.convert.support.TextToBoolean

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public class TextToBoolean
extends AbstractConverter

Converts a textual representation of a boolean object to a Boolean instance.

Author:

Keith Donald

Constructor Summary

TextToBoolean()
Default constructor.

TextToBoolean(java.lang.String trueString, java.lang.String falseString)
Create a text to boolean converter.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Object	doConvert(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.Class targetClass, ConversionContext context) Template method subclasses should override to actually perform the type conversion.
java.lang.Class[]	getSourceClasses() The source classes this converter can convert from.
java.lang.Class[]	getTargetClasses() The target classes this converter can convert to.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.binding.convert.support.AbstractConverter

convert, convert, convert, convert

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextToBoolean

public TextToBoolean()

Default constructor. No special true or false strings are considered.

TextToBoolean

public TextToBoolean(java.lang.String trueString,
                     java.lang.String falseString)

Create a text to boolean converter. Take given special string representations of true and false into account.

Parameters:

trueString - special true string to consider

falseString - special false string to consider

Method Detail

getSourceClasses

public java.lang.Class[] getSourceClasses()

Description copied from interface: Converter

The source classes this converter can convert from.

Returns:

the supported source classes

getTargetClasses

public java.lang.Class[] getTargetClasses()

Description copied from interface: Converter

The target classes this converter can convert to.

Returns:

the supported target classes

doConvert

protected java.lang.Object doConvert(java.lang.Object source,
                                     java.lang.Class targetClass,
                                     ConversionContext context)
                              throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: AbstractConverter

Template method subclasses should override to actually perform the type conversion.

Specified by:

doConvert in class AbstractConverter

Parameters:

source - the source to convert from

targetClass - the target type to convert to

context - an optional conversion context that may be used to influence the conversion process, could be null

Returns:

the converted source value

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - an exception occured, will be wrapped in a conversion exception if necessary