com.communote.common.converter

Class PojoTargetConverter<S,T>

java.lang.Object

com.communote.common.converter.PojoTargetConverter<S,T>

Type Parameters:

S - the source type of the conversion

T - the target type of the conversion

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<S,T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

GroupToEntityGroupListItemConverter, PropertyableToListItemConverter

public abstract class PojoTargetConverter<S,T>
extends Object
implements Converter<S,T>

Convenience base class for converters which convert into target types with a no-args constructor and setters for the members. This class also helps in building a hierarchy of converters that transform one source type into a hierarchy of target types where each sub class of the target types holds more data than its parent.

Author:

Communote GmbH - http://www.communote.com/

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PojoTargetConverter(Class<T> clazz) Create a new converter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	convert(S source) Converts the source object which is of type S into an object of type T
abstract void	convert(S source, T target) Convert the source into the provided target object
protected T	create() Create an instance of the target type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PojoTargetConverter

public PojoTargetConverter(Class<T> clazz)

Create a new converter

Parameters:

clazz - the class of the target type

Method Detail

convert

public T convert(S source)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Converts the source object which is of type S into an object of type T

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter<S,T>

Parameters:

source - the object to convert

Returns:

the converted object

convert

public abstract void convert(S source,
                             T target)

Convert the source into the provided target object

Parameters:

source - the source object

target - the target object

create

protected T create()

Create an instance of the target type

Returns:

an instance of the target class