Converters (PicoContainer Core 2.15.1-SNAPSHOT API)

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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canConvert(java.lang.reflect.Type type)`	Returns true if a converters is available to convert to the given object type
`java.lang.Object`	`convert(java.lang.String value, java.lang.reflect.Type type)`	Converts a particular string value into the target type

- Method Detail
  - canConvert
```
boolean canConvert(java.lang.reflect.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
```
java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.String value,
                         java.lang.reflect.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