com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic
Class StringConverter

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractSingleValueConverter
      extended by com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.StringConverter
All Implemented Interfaces:
ConverterMatcher, SingleValueConverter

public class StringConverter
extends AbstractSingleValueConverter

Converts a String to a String ;). Well ok, it doesn't actually do any conversion.

The converter always calls intern() on the returned String to encourage the JVM to reuse instances.

Author:
Joe Walnes
See Also:
String.intern()

Constructor Summary
StringConverter()
           
 
Method Summary
 boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
          Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
 java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)
          Unmarshalls an Object from its single value representation.
 
Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractSingleValueConverter
toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

StringConverter

public StringConverter()
Method Detail

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
Description copied from interface: ConverterMatcher
Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Specified by:
canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher
Specified by:
canConvert in class AbstractSingleValueConverter
Parameters:
type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

fromString

public java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)
Description copied from interface: SingleValueConverter
Unmarshalls an Object from its single value representation.

Specified by:
fromString in interface SingleValueConverter
Specified by:
fromString in class AbstractSingleValueConverter
Parameters:
str - the String with the single value of the Object
Returns:
the Object


Joe Walnes, http://xstream.codehaus.org/