net.smartlab.web.bean
Class Converter

java.lang.Object
  net.smartlab.web.bean.Converter

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanConverter, CharConverter, CollectionConverter, CurrencyConverter, DateConverter, DateTimeConverter, EnumerationConverter, NumberConverter, StringConverter, StringEnumerationConverter, TimeConverter, URLConverter

public abstract class Converter
extends java.lang.Object

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Author:

gperrone, rlogiacco

Constructor Summary

Converter()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object

convert(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.Object value, java.util.Locale locale) TODO documentation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Converter

public Converter()

Method Detail

convert

public abstract java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Class type,
                                         java.lang.Object value,
                                         java.util.Locale locale)
                                  throws ConversionException

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Parameters:

type - the target type

value - the value to be converted

locale - the locale to be used for the conversion

Returns:

an instance of the specified type which represents the converted input value

Throws:

ConversionException - if something wrong occurs during conversion or if the conversion couldn't be performed