com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl

Class XWorkBasicConverter

java.lang.Object

com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.DefaultTypeConverter

com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.XWorkBasicConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter

public class XWorkBasicConverter
extends DefaultTypeConverter

XWork will automatically handle the most common type conversion for you. This includes support for converting to and from Strings for each of the following:

• String
• boolean / Boolean
• char / Character
• int / Integer, float / Float, long / Long, double / Double
• dates - uses the SHORT format for the Locale associated with the current request
• arrays - assuming the individual strings can be coverted to the individual items
• collections - if not object type can be determined, it is assumed to be a String and a new ArrayList is created

Note that with arrays the type conversion will defer to the type of the array elements and try to convert each item individually. As with any other type conversion, if the conversion can't be performed the standard type conversion error reporting is used to indicate a problem occurred while processing the type conversion.

Author:

Pat Lightbody, Mike Mosiewicz, Rainer Hermanns, Alexandru Popescu

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.DefaultTypeConverter

MILLISECOND_FORMAT

Fields inherited from interface com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.TypeConverter

NO_CONVERSION_POSSIBLE, TYPE_CONVERTER_CONTEXT_KEY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XWorkBasicConverter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	convertValue(Map<String,Object> context, Object o, Member member, String propertyName, Object value, Class toType) Converts the given value to a given type.
void	setContainer(Container container)

Methods inherited from class com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion.impl.DefaultTypeConverter

bigDecValue, bigIntValue, booleanValue, convertValue, convertValue, doubleValue, enumValue, getLocale, getTypeConverter, longValue, stringValue, stringValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XWorkBasicConverter

public XWorkBasicConverter()

Method Detail

setContainer

public void setContainer(Container container)

convertValue

public Object convertValue(Map<String,Object> context,
                  Object o,
                  Member member,
                  String propertyName,
                  Object value,
                  Class toType)

Description copied from interface: TypeConverter

Converts the given value to a given type. The OGNL context, target, member and name of property being set are given. This method should be able to handle conversion in general without any context, target, member or property name specified.

Specified by:

convertValue in interface TypeConverter

Overrides:

convertValue in class DefaultTypeConverter

Parameters:

context - context under which the conversion is being done

o - target object in which the property is being set

member - member (Constructor, Method or Field) being set

propertyName - property name being set

value - value to be converted

toType - type to which value is converted

Returns:

Converted value of type toType or TypeConverter.NoConversionPossible to indicate that the conversion was not possible.