org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale
Interface LocaleConverter

All Superinterfaces:
Converter
All Known Implementing Classes:
BaseLocaleConverter, BigDecimalLocaleConverter, BigIntegerLocaleConverter, ByteLocaleConverter, DateLocaleConverter, DecimalLocaleConverter, DoubleLocaleConverter, FloatLocaleConverter, IntegerLocaleConverter, LongLocaleConverter, ShortLocaleConverter, SqlDateLocaleConverter, SqlTimeLocaleConverter, SqlTimestampLocaleConverter, StringLocaleConverter

public interface LocaleConverter
extends Converter

General purpose locale-sensitive data type converter that can be registered and used within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from one type to another.

Author:
Yauheny Mikulski

Method Summary
 Object convert(Class type, Object value, String pattern)
          Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the specified type.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter
convert
 

Method Detail

convert

Object convert(Class type,
               Object value,
               String pattern)
Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the specified type.

Parameters:
type - Data type to which this value should be converted
value - The input value to be converted
pattern - The user-defined pattern is used for the input object formatting.
Returns:
The converted value
Throws:
ConversionException - if conversion cannot be performed successfully


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