com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters

Interface SingleValueConverter

All Superinterfaces:

ConverterMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter, AbstractSingleValueConverter, AtomicBooleanConverter, AtomicIntegerConverter, AtomicLongConverter, BigDecimalConverter, BigIntegerConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteConverter, CharConverter, CharsetConverter, ChronologyConverter, CurrencyConverter, DateConverter, DoubleConverter, DurationConverter, DurationConverter, EncodedByteArrayConverter, EnumSingleValueConverter, EnumToStringConverter, FileConverter, FloatConverter, HijrahDateConverter, InstantConverter, IntConverter, ISO8601DateConverter, ISO8601GregorianCalendarConverter, ISO8601SqlTimestampConverter, JapaneseDateConverter, JapaneseEraConverter, JavaClassConverter, LocalDateConverter, LocalDateTimeConverter, LocaleConverter, LocalTimeConverter, LongConverter, MinguoDateConverter, MonthDayConverter, OffsetDateTimeConverter, OffsetTimeConverter, OptionalDoubleConverter, OptionalIntConverter, OptionalLongConverter, PathConverter, PeriodConverter, PropertyEditorCapableConverter, ShortConverter, SingleValueConverterWrapper, SqlDateConverter, SqlTimeConverter, SqlTimestampConverter, StackTraceElementConverter, StringBufferConverter, StringBuilderConverter, StringConverter, TextAttributeConverter, ThaiBuddhistDateConverter, ToStringConverter, URIConverter, URLConverter, UUIDConverter, YearConverter, YearMonthConverter, ZonedDateTimeConverter, ZoneIdConverter

public interface SingleValueConverter
extends ConverterMatcher

SingleValueConverter implementations are marshallable to/from a single value String representation.

AbstractSingleValueConverter provides a starting point for objects that can store all information in a single value String.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible, Mauro Talevi

See Also:

Converter, AbstractSingleValueConverter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	fromString(java.lang.String str) Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object obj) Marshals an Object into a single value representation.

Methods inherited from interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher

canConvert

Method Detail

toString

java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object obj)

Marshals an Object into a single value representation.

Parameters:

obj - the Object to be converted

Returns:

a String with the single value of the Object or null

fromString

java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)

Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.

Parameters:

str - the String with the single value of the Object

Returns:

the Object