org.apache.commons.jxpath.util
Interface TypeConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicTypeConverter, JXPath11CompatibleTypeConverter

public interface TypeConverter

A type converter can be installed on TypeUtils to introduce additional type conversions for JXPath. Most of the time BasicTypeConverter should be used as the superclass.

Version:

$Revision: 652845 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 12:46:46 -0500 (Fri, 02 May 2008) $

Author:

Dmitri Plotnikov

See Also:

TypeUtils.setTypeConverter(org.apache.commons.jxpath.util.TypeConverter)

Method Summary

boolean	canConvert(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.Class toType) Returns true if it can convert the supplied object to the specified class.
java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.Class toType) Converts the supplied object to the specified type.

Method Detail

canConvert

boolean canConvert(java.lang.Object object,
                   java.lang.Class toType)

Returns true if it can convert the supplied object to the specified class.

Parameters:

object - object to test

toType - target class

Returns:

boolean

convert

java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object object,
                         java.lang.Class toType)

Converts the supplied object to the specified type. Throws a runtime exception if the conversion is not possible.

Parameters:

object - object to convert

toType - target class

Returns:

resulting Object