com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters

Interface ConverterMatcher

All Known Subinterfaces:

Converter, SingleValueConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter, AbstractCollectionConverter, AbstractReflectionConverter, AbstractSingleValueConverter, ActivationDataFlavorConverter, AnnotationReflectionConverter, ArrayConverter, BigDecimalConverter, BigIntegerConverter, BitSetConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteConverter, CGLIBEnhancedConverter, CharArrayConverter, CharConverter, CharsetConverter, ChronologyConverter, CollectionConverter, ColorConverter, CurrencyConverter, DateConverter, DoubleConverter, DurationConverter, DurationConverter, DynamicProxyConverter, EncodedByteArrayConverter, EnumConverter, EnumMapConverter, EnumSetConverter, EnumSingleValueConverter, EnumToStringConverter, ExternalizableConverter, FileConverter, FloatConverter, FontConverter, GregorianCalendarConverter, HijrahDateConverter, InstantConverter, IntConverter, ISO8601DateConverter, ISO8601GregorianCalendarConverter, ISO8601SqlTimestampConverter, JapaneseDateConverter, JapaneseEraConverter, JavaBeanConverter, JavaClassConverter, JavaFieldConverter, JavaMethodConverter, LambdaConverter, LocalDateConverter, LocalDateTimeConverter, LocaleConverter, LocalTimeConverter, LongConverter, LookAndFeelConverter, MapConverter, MinguoDateConverter, MonthDayConverter, NamedArrayConverter, NamedCollectionConverter, NamedMapConverter, NullConverter, OffsetDateTimeConverter, OffsetTimeConverter, PathConverter, PeriodConverter, PropertiesConverter, PropertyEditorCapableConverter, ReflectionConverter, RegexPatternConverter, com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.SelfStreamingInstanceChecker, SelfStreamingInstanceChecker, SerializableConverter, ShortConverter, SingletonCollectionConverter, SingletonMapConverter, SingleValueConverterWrapper, SqlDateConverter, SqlTimeConverter, SqlTimestampConverter, StackTraceElementConverter, StringBufferConverter, StringBuilderConverter, StringConverter, SubjectConverter, SystemClockConverter, TextAttributeConverter, ThaiBuddhistDateConverter, ThrowableConverter, ToAttributedValueConverter, ToStringConverter, TreeMapConverter, TreeSetConverter, URIConverter, URLConverter, UUIDConverter, ValueRangeConverter, WeekFieldsConverter, YearConverter, YearMonthConverter, ZonedDateTimeConverter, ZoneIdConverter

public interface ConverterMatcher

ConverterMatcher allows to match converters to classes by determining if a given type can be converted by the converter instance. ConverterMatcher is the base interface of any converter.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible, Mauro Talevi

See Also:

Converter, SingleValueConverter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canConvert(Class type) Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Method Detail

canConvert

boolean canConvert(Class type)

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Parameters:

type - the Class representing the object type to be converted