org.loom.converter
Class AbstractStringConverter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter, FormInputDecorator

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractFormatConverter, AbstractSimpleConverter, AbstractSimpleNumberConverter

public abstract class AbstractStringConverter
extends AbstractConverter

A class that must be able to perform the conversion from and to a String value.

Author:

Ignacio Coloma

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.loom.converter.AbstractConverter

convertedClass, cssClass

Constructor Summary

protected

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

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getAsObject(ParameterValue value, Messages messages, MessagesRepository repository) Return the object value for the given text
protected abstract java.lang.Object	getAsObjectImpl(ParameterValue value, Messages messages, MessagesRepository repository) This method is the getAsObject implementation, and has the guarantee that the value is not null
java.lang.String	getAsText(java.lang.Object value, MessagesRepository repository) Return the text value for the given object
protected java.lang.String	getAsTextImpl(java.lang.Object value, MessagesRepository repository) This method is the getAsText implementation, and has the guarantee that the value is not null

Methods inherited from class org.loom.converter.AbstractConverter

decorate, getConvertedClass, getCssClass, setConvertedClass, setCssClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractStringConverter

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

Method Detail

getAsObject

public final java.lang.Object getAsObject(ParameterValue value,
                                          Messages messages,
                                          MessagesRepository repository)

Return the object value for the given text

Specified by:

getAsObject in interface Converter

Specified by:

getAsObject in class AbstractConverter

Parameters:

value - the value that is being parsed

Returns:

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

getAsObjectImpl

protected abstract java.lang.Object getAsObjectImpl(ParameterValue value,
                                                    Messages messages,
                                                    MessagesRepository repository)

This method is the getAsObject implementation, and has the guarantee that the value is not null

getAsText

public final java.lang.String getAsText(java.lang.Object value,
                                        MessagesRepository repository)

Return the text value for the given object

Parameters:

value - the java object to convert to text

repository - the MessagesRepository object

Returns:

the parsed value (can be null)

getAsTextImpl

protected java.lang.String getAsTextImpl(java.lang.Object value,
                                         MessagesRepository repository)

This method is the getAsText implementation, and has the guarantee that the value is not null