org.xwiki.properties.converter.collection
Class AbstractCollectionConverter<T extends Collection>

java.lang.Object
  org.xwiki.properties.converter.AbstractConverter<T>
      org.xwiki.properties.converter.collection.AbstractCollectionConverter<T>

Type Parameters:

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractSetConverter

public abstract class AbstractCollectionConverter<T extends Collection>
extends AbstractConverter<T>

Base class for all Collection converters.

Since:

5.2M1

Version:

$Id: 9ff166b9c9a937b7a06548b38a1e8e01ec532c27 $

Field Summary

protected static char	QUOTECHAR Quote char.
protected static String	QUOTESTRING Quote string.

Constructor Summary

AbstractCollectionConverter()

Method Summary

protected String	convertToString(T value) Convert the input object into a String.
protected <G extends T> G	convertToType(Type targetType, Object value) Convert the input object into an output object of the specified type.
protected StreamTokenizer	createStreamTokenizer(String value) Create and initializer a StreamTokenizer to parse the value.
ConverterManager	getConverterManager()
String	getDelimiters()
protected <G extends T> T	newCollection(Type targetType)
protected <G extends T> G	parseElements(Type targetType, String value, Type elementType) Parse an incoming String of the form similar to an array initializer in the Java language into a List individual Strings for each element, according to the following rules.
void	setDelimiters(String delimiter) Set the delimiter to be used for parsing a delimited String.

Methods inherited from class org.xwiki.properties.converter.AbstractConverter

convert, convertToType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

QUOTECHAR

protected static final char QUOTECHAR

Quote char.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

QUOTESTRING

protected static final String QUOTESTRING

Quote string.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractCollectionConverter

public AbstractCollectionConverter()

Method Detail

getConverterManager

public ConverterManager getConverterManager()

Returns:

the converter manager.

setDelimiters

public void setDelimiters(String delimiter)

Set the delimiter to be used for parsing a delimited String.

Parameters:

delimiter - The delimiter [default ", "] since 3.2M3

getDelimiters

public String getDelimiters()

Returns:

the delimiters

convertToType

protected <G extends T> G convertToType(Type targetType,
                                        Object value)

Description copied from class: AbstractConverter

Convert the input object into an output object of the specified type.

Typical implementations will provide a minimum of String --> type conversion.

Overrides:

convertToType in class AbstractConverter<T extends Collection>

Type Parameters:

G - the type in which the provided value has o be converted

Parameters:

targetType - Data type to which this value should be converted.

value - The input value to be converted.

Returns:

The converted value.

parseElements

protected <G extends T> G parseElements(Type targetType,
                                        String value,
                                        Type elementType)

Parse an incoming String of the form similar to an array initializer in the Java language into a List individual Strings for each element, according to the following rules.

• The string is expected to be a comma-separated list of values.
• The string may optionally have matching '{' and '}' delimiters around the list.
• Whitespace before and after each element is stripped.
• Elements in the list may be delimited by single or double quotes. Within a quoted elements, the normal Java escape sequences are valid.

Type Parameters:

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

Parameters:

targetType - Data type to which this value should be converted.

value - String value to be parsed

elementType - the generic type

Returns:

List of parsed elements.

Throws:

ConversionException - if the syntax of value is not syntactically valid

NullPointerException - if value is null

newCollection

protected <G extends T> T newCollection(Type targetType)

Type Parameters:

G - the type of the collection to create

Parameters:

targetType - the type of the collection to create

Returns:

the modifiable Collection to fill

createStreamTokenizer

protected StreamTokenizer createStreamTokenizer(String value)

Create and initializer a StreamTokenizer to parse the value.

Parameters:

value - the string to parse

Returns:

the StreamTokenizer used to parse the string

convertToString

protected String convertToString(T value)

Description copied from class: AbstractConverter

Convert the input object into a String.

N.B.This implementation simply uses the value's toString() method and should be overridden if a more sophisticated mechanism for conversion to a String is required.

Overrides:

convertToString in class AbstractConverter<T extends Collection>

Parameters:

value - The input value to be converted.

Returns:

the converted String value.