AbstractPropertyValueConverter (adams-pom 24.5.0-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- adams.flow.core.AbstractPropertyValueConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultPropertyValueConverter, WekaPropertyValueConverter
```
public abstract class AbstractPropertyValueConverter
extends Object
implements Serializable
```
Ancestor for custom helper classes for updating properties of objects.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected AbstractPropertyValueConverter()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Object`	`convert(Class cls, String value)`	Converts the variable value into the appropriate object, if possible.
`static String[]`	`getConverters()`	Returns a list with classnames of converters.
`abstract boolean`	`handles(Class cls)`	Checks whether this converter handles the particular class.
`protected void`	`initialize()`	Initializes member variables.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractPropertyValueConverter
```
protected AbstractPropertyValueConverter()
```
    Default constructor.
- Method Detail
  - initialize
```
protected void initialize()
```
    Initializes member variables.
    
    Default implementation does nothing.
  - handles
```
public abstract boolean handles(Class cls)
```
    Checks whether this converter handles the particular class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cls - the class to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it supports it
  - convert
```
public abstract Object convert(Class cls,
                               String value)
                        throws Exception
```
    Converts the variable value into the appropriate object, if possible.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cls - the type of the property
    
    value - the string to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    the converted value or null if it cannot be converted
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - if conversion fails with an error
  - getConverters
```
public static String[] getConverters()
```
    Returns a list with classnames of converters.
    
    Returns:
    
    the converter classnames