org.specrunner.converters
Interface IConverter

All Superinterfaces:

IResetable, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConverterTimeTemplate, AbstractConverterTimezone, ConverterBigDecimal, ConverterBoolean, ConverterBooleanTemplate, ConverterByte, ConverterCharacter, ConverterDateCurrent, ConverterDateCurrentTemplate, ConverterDateOnly, ConverterDatePatternArgs, ConverterDatePatternTemplate, ConverterDateTimeCurrent, ConverterDateTimeCurrentTemplate, ConverterDateTimePatternArgs, ConverterDateTimePatternTemplate, ConverterDefault, ConverterDouble, ConverterEnum, ConverterEnumTemplate, ConverterEnumValue, ConverterEnumValueTemplate, ConverterFloat, ConverterInteger, ConverterLocalDateCurrent, ConverterLocalDateCurrentTemplate, ConverterLocalDatePatternArgs, ConverterLocalDatePatternTemplate, ConverterLong, ConverterNotNullNotEmpty, ConverterNull, ConverterNumber, ConverterObject, ConverterShort, ConverterString, ConverterStringNormalized, ConverterStringTrim, ConverterTimestampCurrent, ConverterTimestampCurrentTemplate, ConverterTimestampPatternArgs, ConverterTimestampPatternTemplate

public interface IConverter
extends IResetable

A generic converter interface.

Author:

Thiago Santos

Method Summary

boolean	accept(Object value) Indicate if the converter accepts a given input value.
Object	convert(Object value, Object[] args) Convert a given object to another using some arguments as auxiliary.

Methods inherited from interface org.specrunner.util.mapping.IResetable

initialize

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(Object value)

Indicate if the converter accepts a given input value.

Parameters:

value - The value.

Returns:

true, if accepted, false, otherwise.

convert

Object convert(Object value,
               Object[] args)
               throws ConverterException

Convert a given object to another using some arguments as auxiliary.

Parameters:

value - The value to be converted.

args - The arguments.

Returns:

The converted object.

Throws:

ConverterException - On conversion errors.