org.loom.converter
Class AbstractConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.loom.converter.AbstractConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter, FormInputDecorator

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractAutocompletedConverter, AbstractStringConverter, InputStreamConverter, NullConverter, PersistentFileConverter

public abstract class AbstractConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements Converter

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Class<?>	convertedClass class of the values returned by this converter
protected java.lang.String	cssClass the CSS class that should be added to any field linked to a property using this Converetr, null for none

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractConverter(java.lang.Class<?> convertedClass)

Method Summary

void	decorate(FormInputTag tag) Add CSS class extracted from this converter return type (number, string, file) to the tag.
abstract java.lang.Object	getAsObject(ParameterValue paramValue, Messages messages, MessagesRepository repository) Return the object value for the given text
java.lang.Class<?>	getConvertedClass()
java.lang.String	getCssClass()
void	setConvertedClass(java.lang.Class<?> convertedClass)
void	setCssClass(java.lang.String cssClass)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.loom.converter.Converter

getAsText

Field Detail

convertedClass

protected java.lang.Class<?> convertedClass

class of the values returned by this converter

cssClass

protected java.lang.String cssClass

the CSS class that should be added to any field linked to a property using this Converetr, null for none

Constructor Detail

AbstractConverter

protected AbstractConverter(java.lang.Class<?> convertedClass)

Method Detail

getConvertedClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getConvertedClass()

Specified by:

getConvertedClass in interface Converter

Returns:

the Class of the converted values.

getAsObject

public abstract java.lang.Object getAsObject(ParameterValue paramValue,
                                             Messages messages,
                                             MessagesRepository repository)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Return the object value for the given text

Specified by:

getAsObject in interface Converter

Parameters:

paramValue - the value that is being parsed

Returns:

the parsed value (can be null), maybe ading new values to the errors array

setConvertedClass

public void setConvertedClass(java.lang.Class<?> convertedClass)

decorate

public void decorate(FormInputTag tag)

Add CSS class extracted from this converter return type (number, string, file) to the tag.

Specified by:

decorate in interface FormInputDecorator

getCssClass

public java.lang.String getCssClass()

setCssClass

public void setCssClass(java.lang.String cssClass)