org.apache.commons.ognl
Interface TypeConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultTypeConverter

public interface TypeConverter

Interface for accessing the type conversion facilities within a context.

Author:

Luke Blanshard (blanshlu@netscape.net), Drew Davidson (drew@ognl.org)

convertValue

<T> T convertValue(Map<String,Object> context,
                   Object target,
                   Member member,
                   String propertyName,
                   Object value,
                   Class<T> toType)

Converts the given value to a given type. The OGNL context, target, member and name of property being set are given. This method should be able to handle conversion in general without any context, target, member or property name specified.

Parameters:

context - OGNL context under which the conversion is being done

target - target object in which the property is being set

member - member (Constructor, Method or Field) being set

propertyName - property name being set

value - value to be converted

toType - type to which value is converted

Returns:

Converted value of type toType or TypeConverter.NoConversionPossible to indicate that the conversion was not possible.