de.schwarzrot.data.support
Class ConverterFactory

java.lang.Object
  de.schwarzrot.data.support.ConverterFactory

public class ConverterFactory
extends Object

factory to allow anonymous data conversion / data handling with entities. The factory is setup by application context and used by indirection of ApplicationServiceProvider.

Author:

Reinhard Mantey

See Also:

EntityUtils.fillEntity(de.schwarzrot.data.Entity, de.schwarzrot.data.access.support.EntityDescriptor, de.schwarzrot.data.access.DataAccessor, de.schwarzrot.data.access.support.EntityIntrospector)

Constructor Summary

ConverterFactory()

Method Summary

void	addConverter(Converter c)
Converter	converter4Class(Class<?> valueType)
Converter	getConverter(Class<?> valueType) retrieve a converter setup for the given type.
void	setConverters(List<Converter> list)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConverterFactory

public ConverterFactory()

Method Detail

addConverter

public void addConverter(Converter c)

converter4Class

public Converter converter4Class(Class<?> valueType)

getConverter

public Converter getConverter(Class<?> valueType)

retrieve a converter setup for the given type. This call will always return a converter. If no converter has been setup for the given type, a NullConverter is returned.

Parameters:

valueType - the type of a java beans property

Returns:

a matching converter

setConverters

public void setConverters(List<Converter> list)