org.jboss.forge.addon.convert

Interface ConverterGenerator

public interface ConverterGenerator

A ConverterGenerator is responsible for creating Converter objects In order to register a custom Converter implementation, a ConverterGenerator must be created and subsequently registered in your addon's ServiceRegistry. A ConverterGenerator should generate only one Converter type.

Author:

George Gastaldi

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Converter<?,?>	generateConverter(Class<?> source, Class<?> target) Creates a new Converter instance for the given source and target Class types.
Class<? extends Converter<?,?>>	getConverterType()
boolean	handles(Class<?> source, Class<?> target) If this ConverterGenerator can handle the conversion between the provided source and target Class types.

Method Detail

handles

boolean handles(Class<?> source,
              Class<?> target)

If this ConverterGenerator can handle the conversion between the provided source and target Class types.

Parameters:

source - Class of the object to be converted from

target - Class of the object to be converted to

Returns:

true if this generator can handle this conversion request

generateConverter

Converter<?,?> generateConverter(Class<?> source,
                               Class<?> target)

Creates a new Converter instance for the given source and target Class types.

Parameters:

source - Class of the object to be converted from

target - Class of the object to be converted to

Returns:

the Converter associated with this generator

getConverterType

Class<? extends Converter<?,?>> getConverterType()

Returns:

the Class type of the converter returned by generateConverter(Class, Class)