org.databene.commons.converter
Class ToCollectionConverter<C extends java.util.Collection>

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class ToCollectionConverter<C extends java.util.Collection>
extends ThreadSafeConverter<java.lang.Object,C>

Converts arrays and collections to collections of same content, everything else is converted to a collection of size 1.

Created: 26.08.2007 16:16:15

Field Summary

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

sourceType, targetType

Constructor Summary

ToCollectionConverter()

ToCollectionConverter(java.lang.Class<C> targetType)

Method Summary

C	convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue) Concerts an object of type S to an object of type T
static java.util.Collection	convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue, java.lang.Class targetType)

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

ToCollectionConverter

public ToCollectionConverter()

ToCollectionConverter

public ToCollectionConverter(java.lang.Class<C> targetType)

Method Detail

convert

public C 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

convert

public static java.util.Collection convert(java.lang.Object sourceValue,
                                           java.lang.Class targetType)