org.codehaus.spice.converter.lib
Class ObjectToStringConverter

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.codehaus.spice.converter.AbstractConverter
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        +--org.codehaus.spice.converter.lib.ObjectToStringConverter
All Implemented Interfaces:
Converter

public class ObjectToStringConverter
extends AbstractConverter

Object to String converter.

Version:
$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2003/12/02 08:37:56 $
Author:
Peter Donald
, Adam Murdoch

Constructor Summary
ObjectToStringConverter()
          Construct the converter.
ObjectToStringConverter(String defaultValue)
          Construct the converter with a default value.
 
Method Summary
 Object convert(Object object, Object context)
          Converts a Object to a String.
 
Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.spice.converter.AbstractConverter
convert, noConvert
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ObjectToStringConverter

public ObjectToStringConverter()
Construct the converter.


ObjectToStringConverter

public ObjectToStringConverter(String defaultValue)
Construct the converter with a default value. If the default value is non-null, it will be returned if unable to convert object to correct type.

Parameters:
defaultValue - the default value
Method Detail

convert

public Object convert(Object object,
                      Object context)
               throws ConverterException
Converts a Object to a String.

Specified by:
convert in class AbstractConverter
Parameters:
object - the original object to convert
context - the context in which to convert object (unused)
Returns:
the converted object
Throws:
ConverterException - if error converting object


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