org.databene.commons.converter
Class ToArrayConverter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Converter, ThreadAware

public class ToArrayConverter
extends ThreadSafeConverter

Converts arrays and collections to arrays and other object to an array of size 1. Note: The target type is not declared Object[], since we also want to create byte[].

Created: 26.08.2007 16:01:38

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Field Summary

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

sourceType, targetType

Constructor Summary

ToArrayConverter()

ToArrayConverter(java.lang.Class componentType)

ToArrayConverter(java.lang.Class componentType, boolean nullToEmpty)

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue) Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T
static java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue, java.lang.Class componentType)
static java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue, java.lang.Class componentType, boolean nullToEmpty)
void	setNullToEmpty(boolean nullToEmpty)

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

ToArrayConverter

public ToArrayConverter()

ToArrayConverter

public ToArrayConverter(java.lang.Class componentType)

ToArrayConverter

public ToArrayConverter(java.lang.Class componentType,
                        boolean nullToEmpty)

Method Detail

setNullToEmpty

public void setNullToEmpty(boolean nullToEmpty)

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue)

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

convert

public static java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue,
                                       java.lang.Class componentType)

convert

public static java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue,
                                       java.lang.Class componentType,
                                       boolean nullToEmpty)