Converter (Apache Commons BeanUtils 1.9.2 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

LocaleConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractArrayConverter, AbstractConverter, ArrayConverter, BaseLocaleConverter, BigDecimalConverter, BigDecimalLocaleConverter, BigIntegerConverter, BigIntegerLocaleConverter, BooleanArrayConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteArrayConverter, ByteConverter, ByteLocaleConverter, CalendarConverter, CharacterArrayConverter, CharacterConverter, ClassConverter, ConverterFacade, DateConverter, DateLocaleConverter, DateTimeConverter, DecimalLocaleConverter, DoubleArrayConverter, DoubleConverter, DoubleLocaleConverter, FileConverter, FloatArrayConverter, FloatConverter, FloatLocaleConverter, IntegerArrayConverter, IntegerConverter, IntegerLocaleConverter, LongArrayConverter, LongConverter, LongLocaleConverter, NumberConverter, ShortArrayConverter, ShortConverter, ShortLocaleConverter, SqlDateConverter, SqlDateLocaleConverter, SqlTimeConverter, SqlTimeLocaleConverter, SqlTimestampConverter, SqlTimestampLocaleConverter, StringArrayConverter, StringConverter, StringLocaleConverter, URLConverter
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public interface Converter
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General purpose data type converter that can be registered and used within the BeanUtils package to manage the conversion of objects from one type to another.

Converter subclasses bundled with the BeanUtils library are required to be thread-safe, as users of the library may call conversion methods from more than one thread simultaneously.

Custom converter subclasses created by users of the library can be non-thread-safe if the application using them is single-threaded. However it is recommended that they be written in a thread-safe manner anyway.

Since:

1.3

Version:

$Id: Converter.java 1540186 2013-11-08 21:08:30Z oheger $

- Method Summary
  
  Methods
  Modifier and Type Method and Description
  
  <T> T convert(Class<T> type, Object value)
  Convert the specified input object into an output object of the specified type.

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`<T> T`	`convert(Class<T> type, Object value)` Convert the specified input object into an output object of the specified type.

- Method Detail
  - convert
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<T> T convert(Class<T> type,
            Object value)
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    Convert the specified input object into an output object of the specified type.
    
    Type Parameters:
    T - the desired result type
    Parameters:
    type - Data type to which this value should be converted
    value - The input value to be converted
    
    Returns:
    The converted value
    
    Throws:
    
    ConversionException - if conversion cannot be performed successfully

Interface Converter

Method Summary

Method Detail

convert