org.databene.commons.converter
Class LiteralParser

java.lang.Object
  org.databene.commons.converter.AbstractConverter<S,T>
      org.databene.commons.converter.ThreadSafeConverter<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>
          org.databene.commons.converter.LiteralParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Converter<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>, ThreadAware

public class LiteralParser
extends ThreadSafeConverter<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>

Parses the literal representation a simple type into an appropriate Java object of type Boolean, Integer, Long, Double, Date or String.

Created: 19.03.2008 20:05:25

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Field Summary

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

sourceType, targetType

Constructor Summary

LiteralParser()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.String sourceValue) Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T
static java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String text) parses a String into a date, number, boolean or String.

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

clone, isParallelizable, isThreadSafe

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

getSourceType, getTargetType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LiteralParser

public LiteralParser()

Method Detail

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.String sourceValue)
                         throws ConversionException

Description copied from interface: Converter

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

Parameters:

sourceValue - the object to convert

Returns:

the converted object

Throws:

ConversionException - if the conversion fails

parse

public static java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String text)

parses a String into a date, number, boolean or String. content := boolean | date | number | unparsed boolean := 'true' | 'false' date := digit{4} '-' digit{2} '-' digit{2} ['T' digit{2} ':' digit{2} [':' digit{2} ['.' digit{1,3}]]] number := [-] digit* ['.' digit*]

Parameters:

text -

Returns:

a date, number, boolean or String that is the object representation of the specified text