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