Package org.picocontainer
Interface Converters
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BuiltInConverters
,CompositePicoContainer.CompositeConverters
,ConvertsNothing
public interface Converters
A facade for a collection of converters that provides string-to-type conversions.- Author:
- Paul Hammant, Michael Rimov
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description boolean
canConvert(java.lang.reflect.Type type)
Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object typejava.lang.Object
convert(java.lang.String value, java.lang.reflect.Type type)
Converts a particular string value into the target type
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Method Detail
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canConvert
boolean canConvert(java.lang.reflect.Type type)
Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object type- Parameters:
type
- the object Type to convert to- Returns:
- true if the type can be converted to
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convert
java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.String value, java.lang.reflect.Type type)
Converts a particular string value into the target type- Parameters:
value
- the String value to converttype
- the object Type to convert to- Returns:
- The converted Object instance
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