Package adams.flow.core

Class PropertyHelper

java.lang.Object

adams.flow.core.PropertyHelper

public class PropertyHelper
extends Object

Helper class for updating properties of objects.

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static List<AbstractPropertyValueConverter>	m_Converters	the available converters.
protected static AbstractPropertyValueConverter	m_DefaultConverter	the default converter.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertyHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	convertValue(PropertyPath.PropertyContainer cont, String value, MessageCollection errors)	Converts the value into the appropriate object, if possible.
protected static Object	convertValue(Class cls, String value, MessageCollection errors)	Converts the string value into an object.
protected static void	initialize()	Initializes the converter list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

m_Converters

protected static List<AbstractPropertyValueConverter> m_Converters

the available converters.

m_DefaultConverter

protected static AbstractPropertyValueConverter m_DefaultConverter

the default converter.

Constructor Detail

PropertyHelper

public PropertyHelper()

Method Detail

initialize

protected static void initialize()

Initializes the converter list.

See Also:

m_Converters

convertValue

protected static Object convertValue(Class cls,
                                     String value,
                                     MessageCollection errors)

Converts the string value into an object.

Parameters:

cls - the requested class

value - the string representation

errors - for collecting errors

Returns:

the object or null if failed to convert

convertValue

public static Object convertValue(PropertyPath.PropertyContainer cont,
                                  String value,
                                  MessageCollection errors)

Converts the value into the appropriate object, if possible.

Parameters:

cont - the property container to use

value - the string to convert

Returns:

the converted value or null if it cannot be converted