net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl
Class ValueConverterToArrayOfByte

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractComponent
      net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractLoggableComponent
          net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractValueConverter<SOURCE,TARGET>
              net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractRecursiveValueConverter<Object,CONTAINER>
                  net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.AbstractValueConverterToContainer<ARRAY>
                      net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.AbstractConverterToArray<byte[]>
                          net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.ValueConverterToArrayOfByte

All Implemented Interfaces:

SimpleValueConverter<Object,byte[]>, ValueConverter<Object,byte[]>

@Singleton
@Named
public class ValueConverterToArrayOfByte
extends AbstractConverterToArray<byte[]>

This is an implementation of the ValueConverter interface that converts an Object to byte[].

Since:

1.1.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.AbstractValueConverterToContainer

ELEMENT_ESCAPE_END, ELEMENT_ESCAPE_START, ELEMENT_SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

ValueConverterToArrayOfByte()
The constructor.

Method Summary

Class<byte[]>

getTargetType() Is the guaranteed return-type of the conversion.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.AbstractConverterToArray

convertContainerEntry, createContainer, doInitialize

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.value.impl.AbstractValueConverterToContainer

convert, convertFromArray, convertFromCollection, convertFromString, getCollectionReflectionUtil, getSourceType, setCollectionReflectionUtil

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractRecursiveValueConverter

getComposedValueConverter, setComposedValueConverter

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.value.base.AbstractValueConverter

convert, getReflectionUtil, setReflectionUtil

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractLoggableComponent

getLogger, setLogger

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.component.base.AbstractComponent

doInitialized, getInitializationState, initialize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValueConverterToArrayOfByte

public ValueConverterToArrayOfByte()

The constructor.

Method Detail

getTargetType

public Class<byte[]> getTargetType()

Is the guaranteed return-type of the conversion. This information is used externally to choose the most specific ValueConverter that is appropriate for the conversion.
E.g. a generic converter can have Object as target-type while a specific converter may have Collection as target-type. Now if an object (compliant with the source-type) needs to be converted to a Collection or List, the specific converter is used while for other objects the generic converter is chosen.
Please note that the target-type is often more general than the actual returned result. So a ValueConverter that converts a comma-separated String to an ArrayList will typically declare List as target-type.

Returns:

the target-type.