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
implements Converter

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

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(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value, Messages messages, MessagesRepository repository) Return the object value for the given text
protected abstract java.lang.Object	getAsObjectImpl(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String 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
java.lang.Object	getNullValue()
<T extends AbstractStringConverter> T	setNullValue(java.lang.Object nullValue)

Methods inherited from class org.loom.converter.AbstractConverter

addErrorMessage, decorate, getConvertedClass, getCssClass, setConvertedClass, setCssClass

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

getConvertedClass

Methods inherited from interface org.loom.validator.FormInputDecorator

decorate

Constructor Detail

AbstractStringConverter

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

Method Detail

getAsObject

public java.lang.Object getAsObject(java.lang.String name,
                                    java.lang.String value,
                                    Messages messages,
                                    MessagesRepository repository)

Return the object value for the given text

Specified by:

getAsObject in interface Converter

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(java.lang.String name,
                                                    java.lang.String 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

Specified by:

getAsText in interface Converter

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

getNullValue

public java.lang.Object getNullValue()

setNullValue

public <T extends AbstractStringConverter> T setNullValue(java.lang.Object nullValue)