org.databene.commons.converter
Class ConverterChain<S,T>

java.lang.Object
  org.databene.commons.converter.MultiConverterWrapper
      org.databene.commons.converter.ConverterChain<S,T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<S,T>, ThreadAware

Direct Known Subclasses:

DateString2DurationConverter

public class ConverterChain<S,T>
extends MultiConverterWrapper
implements Converter<S,T>

Aggregates other (sub) converters and implements conversion by subsequent invocation of the sub generators, each converting the result of the preceding converter.

Created: 13.05.2005 17:43:04

Since:

0.1

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.databene.commons.converter.MultiConverterWrapper

components

Constructor Summary

ConverterChain(Converter... components)

Method Summary

T	convert(java.lang.Object source) Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T
java.lang.Class<S>	getSourceType()
java.lang.Class<T>	getTargetType()

Methods inherited from class org.databene.commons.converter.MultiConverterWrapper

addComponent, clone, getComponents, isParallelizable, isThreadSafe, setComponents

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.databene.commons.ThreadAware

isParallelizable, isThreadSafe

Constructor Detail

ConverterChain

public ConverterChain(Converter... components)

Method Detail

getSourceType

public java.lang.Class<S> getSourceType()

Specified by:

getSourceType in interface Converter<S,T>

getTargetType

public java.lang.Class<T> getTargetType()

Specified by:

getTargetType in interface Converter<S,T>

convert

public T convert(java.lang.Object source)
          throws ConversionException

Description copied from interface: Converter

Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter<S,T>

Parameters:

source - the object to convert

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

ConversionException - if the conversion fails