org.jconverter

Class JConverter

java.lang.Object

org.jconverter.JConverter

public class JConverter
extends Object

A conversion context. Its main components are: - The converter manager. - The instantiation manager. - The type solver manager.

Author:

sergioc

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected ConverterManager	converterManager
protected FactoryManager	factoryManager

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
	JConverter()
	JConverter(ConverterManager converterManager, FactoryManager factoryManager)
protected	JConverter(JGum jgum)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	convert(Object key, Object source, Type targetType)
<T> T	convert(Object source, Type targetType)
protected ConverterManager	getConverterManager()
protected FactoryManager	getInstantiationManager()
<T> T	instantiate(Object key, Type targetType)
<T> T	instantiate(Type targetType)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

converterManager

protected final ConverterManager converterManager

factoryManager

protected final FactoryManager factoryManager

Constructor Detail

JConverter

public JConverter()

JConverter

protected JConverter(JGum jgum)

Parameters:

jgum - a categorization context.

JConverter

public JConverter(ConverterManager converterManager,
          FactoryManager factoryManager)

Parameters:

converterManager - a converter manager responsible of converting objects.

factoryManager - an instance creator manager responsible of instantiating objects.

Method Detail

getConverterManager

protected ConverterManager getConverterManager()

getInstantiationManager

protected FactoryManager getInstantiationManager()

convert

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

Parameters:

source - the object to convert.

targetType - the desired type.

Returns:

the conversion of the source object to the desired target type.

convert

public <T> T convert(Object key,
            Object source,
            Type targetType)

Parameters:

key - constrains the registered converters and factories that will be looked up in this operation.

source - the object to convert.

targetType - the desired type.

Returns:

the conversion of the source object to the desired target type.

instantiate

public <T> T instantiate(Type targetType)

Parameters:

targetType - the type to instantiate.

Returns:

an instance of the desired type.

instantiate

public <T> T instantiate(Object key,
                Type targetType)

Parameters:

key - constrains the instance creators that will be looked up in this operation.

targetType - the type to instantiate.

Returns: