org.jboss.portal.common.value
Interface Converter

public interface Converter

Version:

$Revision: 7200 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

boolean	accept(java.lang.Class clazz) Return true if the converter accepts the class for conversion.
java.lang.Object	toObject(java.lang.String value) String to object conversion.
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object value) Convert the object to the stored value.

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(java.lang.Class clazz)

Return true if the converter accepts the class for conversion.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the class object is null

toObject

java.lang.Object toObject(java.lang.String value)
                          throws NullConversionException,
                                 FormatConversionException

String to object conversion.

Throws:

NullConversionException - if the value nullity prevent the conversion

FormatConversionException - if the value cannot be converted

toString

java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object value)
                          throws NullConversionException,
                                 FormatConversionException

Convert the object to the stored value.

Throws:

NullConversionException - if the value nullity prevent the conversion

FormatConversionException - if the value cannot be converted