org.databene.commons.converter
Class MessageConverter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

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

Renders a single object or an array of objects into a String, similar to the java.text.MessageFormat.

Created: 12.11.2007 20:46:31

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Field Summary

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

sourceType, targetType

Constructor Summary

MessageConverter()

MessageConverter(java.lang.String pattern, java.util.Locale locale)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue) Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T
void	setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)
void	setPattern(java.lang.String pattern)

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

MessageConverter

public MessageConverter()

MessageConverter

public MessageConverter(java.lang.String pattern,
                        java.util.Locale locale)

Method Detail

setPattern

public void setPattern(java.lang.String pattern)

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)

convert

public java.lang.String convert(java.lang.Object 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