Package adams.flow.core

Class DefaultPropertyValueConverter

java.lang.Object

adams.flow.core.AbstractPropertyValueConverter

adams.flow.core.DefaultPropertyValueConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class DefaultPropertyValueConverter
extends AbstractPropertyValueConverter

Default handler for primitives. Values for arrays are assumed to be blank-separated strings (one element per array value).

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DefaultPropertyValueConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	convert(Class cls, String value)	Converts the variable value into the appropriate object, if possible.
boolean	handles(Class cls)	Checks whether this converter handles the particular class.

Methods inherited from class adams.flow.core.AbstractPropertyValueConverter

getConverters, initialize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultPropertyValueConverter

public DefaultPropertyValueConverter()

Method Detail

handles

public boolean handles(Class cls)

Checks whether this converter handles the particular class.

Specified by:

handles in class AbstractPropertyValueConverter

Parameters:

cls - the class to check

Returns:

true if it supports it

convert

public Object convert(Class cls,
                      String value)
               throws Exception

Converts the variable value into the appropriate object, if possible.

Specified by:

convert in class AbstractPropertyValueConverter

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