Package org.picocontainer

Interface Converters

All Known Implementing Classes:
BuiltInConverters, CompositePicoContainer.CompositeConverters, ConvertsNothing
public interface Converters
A facade for a collection of converters that provides string-to-type conversions.
Author:
Paul Hammant, Michael Rimov

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    canConvert(Type type)
    Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object type
    Object
    convert(String value, Type type)
    Converts a particular string value into the target type

  • Method Details

    • canConvert

      boolean canConvert(Type type)
      Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object type
      Parameters:
      type - the object Type to convert to
      Returns:
      true if the type can be converted to

    • convert

      Object convert(String value, Type type)
      Converts a particular string value into the target type
      Parameters:
      value - the String value to convert
      type - the object Type to convert to
      Returns:
      The converted Object instance