org.soulwing.cdi.properties.spi

Interface PropertyConverter.Context

Enclosing interface:

PropertyConverter

public static interface PropertyConverter.Context

A context for a property conversion.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	convert(String value, Class<?> type) Converts a string representation of the given type to an instance of that type.
Class<?>	getTargetType() Gets the target type for requested conversion.
String	resolve(String name, String defaultValue) Resolves a property name to a value.

Method Detail

getTargetType

Class<?> getTargetType()

Gets the target type for requested conversion.

Returns:

target type (never null)

resolve

String resolve(String name,
               String defaultValue)

Resolves a property name to a value.

Parameters:

name - the name to resolve

Returns:

resolved value or defaultValue if the name could not be resolved

convert

Object convert(String value,
               Class<?> type)

Converts a string representation of the given type to an instance of that type.

Parameters:

value - the value to convert

type - target type

Returns:

instance of type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value cannot be converted into an instance of type because it is syntactically invalid

UnsupportedOperationException - if conversion to type is not supported by this context