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| * |
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| package org.apache.xbean.propertyeditor; |
| |
| import java.beans.PropertyEditor; |
| |
| /** |
| * @version $Rev: 6680 $ $Date: 2005-12-24T04:38:27.427468Z $ |
| */ |
| public interface Converter extends PropertyEditor { |
| /** |
| * Gets the the type of object supported by this converter. |
| * @return the type used for that converter. |
| */ |
| Class getType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Converts the supplied object to text. If value is null, null will be returned. If value is not an instance of |
| * the this converter's type, a PropertyEditorException will be thrown. |
| * |
| * @param value an instance of the editor type |
| * @return the text equivalent of the value |
| * @throws PropertyEditorException if an error occurs while converting the value to a String (this is very rare) |
| */ |
| String toString(Object value) throws PropertyEditorException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Converts the supplied text in to an instance of the editor type. If text is null, null will be returned. |
| * |
| * @param text the text to convert |
| * @return an instance of the editor type |
| * @throws PropertyEditorException if an error occurs while converting the text to an object |
| */ |
| Object toObject(String text) throws PropertyEditorException; |
| } |