Converter (The Adobe Experience Manager SDK 2021.8.5705.20210810T082946Z-210700)

java.lang.Object
- ch.qos.logback.core.pattern.Converter<E>

Direct Known Subclasses:

FormattingConverter, LiteralConverter
```
public abstract class Converter<E>
extends Object
```
A minimal converter which sets up the general interface for derived classes. It also implements the functionality to chain converters in a linked list.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Converter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract String`	`convert(E event)`	The convert method is responsible for extracting data from the event and storing it for later use by the write method.
`Converter<E>`	`getNext()`
`void`	`setNext(Converter<E> next)`
`void`	`write(StringBuilder buf, E event)`	In its simplest incarnation, a convert simply appends the data extracted from the event to the buffer passed as parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Converter
```
public Converter()
```
- Method Detail
  - convert
```
public abstract String convert(E event)
```
    The convert method is responsible for extracting data from the event and storing it for later use by the write method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    event -
  - write
```
public void write(StringBuilder buf,
                  E event)
```
    In its simplest incarnation, a convert simply appends the data extracted from the event to the buffer passed as parameter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    buf - The input buffer where data is appended
    
    event - The event from where data is extracted
  - setNext
```
public final void setNext(Converter<E> next)
```
  - getNext
```
public final Converter<E> getNext()
```