ValueConverter (|---- PROV-MODEL 0.9.13 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.openprovenance.prov.model.ValueConverter

```
public class ValueConverter
extends Object
```
Conversion from String to Object and vice-versa for common xsd types.

Author:

lavm

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ValueConverter(ProvFactory pFactory)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`convertToJava(QualifiedName datatype, String value)`	Converts a string into a Java object, according to type provided.
`Element`	`convertXMLLiteral(String value)`
`QualifiedName`	`getXsdType(Object o)`

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ValueConverter
```
public ValueConverter(ProvFactory pFactory)
```
- Method Detail
  - convertToJava
```
public Object convertToJava(QualifiedName datatype,
                            String value)
```
    Converts a string into a Java object, according to type provided. This function does not convert to QualifiedName since this requires access to a prefix-namespace mapping.
    
    Parameters:
    
    datatype - any xsd datatype, provided it is not xsd:QName
    
    value - is a String
    
    Returns:
    
    an object
  - convertXMLLiteral
```
public Element convertXMLLiteral(String value)
```
  - getXsdType
```
public QualifiedName getXsdType(Object o)
```