Package org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor

Class AbstractCollectionConverter

java.lang.Object

java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor.AbstractConverter

org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor.AbstractCollectionConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor, Converter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrayConverter, ArrayListEditor, GenericCollectionConverter, LinkedHashSetEditor, LinkedListEditor, ListEditor, SetEditor, SortedSetEditor, TreeSetEditor, VectorEditor

public abstract class AbstractCollectionConverter
extends AbstractConverter

Version:

$Rev: 6687 $ $Date: 2005-12-28T21:08:56.733437Z $

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractCollectionConverter(Class type)
AbstractCollectionConverter(Class type, PropertyEditor editor)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected abstract Object	createCollection(List list)
protected Object	toObjectImpl(String text)	Converts the supplied text in to an instance of the editor type.
protected String	toStringImpl(Object value)	Converts the supplied object to text.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor.AbstractConverter

getAsText, getType, getValue, setAsText, setValue, toObject, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.beans.PropertyEditor

addPropertyChangeListener, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getTags, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getSource, getTags, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, supportsCustomEditor

Constructor Detail

AbstractCollectionConverter

public AbstractCollectionConverter(Class type)

AbstractCollectionConverter

public AbstractCollectionConverter(Class type,
                                   PropertyEditor editor)

Method Detail

toObjectImpl

protected final Object toObjectImpl(String text)

Description copied from class: AbstractConverter

Converts the supplied text in to an instance of the editor type. The text will never be null, and trim() will already have been called.

Specified by:

toObjectImpl in class AbstractConverter

Parameters:

text - the text to convert

Returns:

an instance of the editor type

createCollection

protected abstract Object createCollection(List list)

toStringImpl

protected final String toStringImpl(Object value)

Description copied from class: AbstractConverter

Converts the supplied object to text. The supplied object will always be an instance of the editor type, and specifically will never be null or a String (unless this is the String editor).

Overrides:

toStringImpl in class AbstractConverter

Parameters:

value - an instance of the editor type

Returns:

the text equivalent of the value