com.mortbay.Util
Class ArrayConverter

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.mortbay.Util.ConverterBase
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        +--com.mortbay.Util.ArrayConverter

public class ArrayConverter
extends ConverterBase

Class to convert Vectors and Strings to Arrays. This class will convert Vectors and Strings to arrays. String are converted by parsing them into elements based on a separator (as passed to the constructor).

Notes

If unsafeConvert is called, this class will only report errors if the elements cannot be converted to the component type of the array. The Exception will be of the ArrayConverter.ArrayConvertFail subtype.


Inner Class Summary
static interface ArrayConverter.ArrayConvertFail
           
 
Constructor Summary
ArrayConverter(java.lang.String separator)
           
 
Method Summary
protected  java.lang.Object doConvert(java.lang.Object toConvert, java.lang.Class convertTo, Converter context, boolean safe)
          Convert an Object to another type.
 
Methods inherited from class com.mortbay.Util.ConverterBase
convert, setTransformMode, unsafeConvert
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ArrayConverter

public ArrayConverter(java.lang.String separator)
Method Detail

doConvert

protected java.lang.Object doConvert(java.lang.Object toConvert,
                                     java.lang.Class convertTo,
                                     Converter context,
                                     boolean safe)
Description copied from class: ConverterBase
Convert an Object to another type.
Overrides:
doConvert in class ConverterBase
Tags copied from class: ConverterBase
Parameters:
toConvert - Value to convert
convertTo - Type to convert to
context - The context within which the converter was called. If Converters use other Converters, this is passed as the outermost Converter so that recursive calls have access to all available Converters. Converter implementations should pass this if passed null.
safe - If false, errors should be returned.
Returns:
null if this converter doesn't handle this type to convertTo, or a ConvertFail exception if there was an error and safe is false.