com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic
Class CharConverter

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

public class CharConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements Converter, SingleValueConverter

Converts a char primitive or java.lang.Character wrapper to a String. If char is \0 the representing String is empty.

Author:
Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary
CharConverter()
           
 
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)
          Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.
 void marshal(java.lang.Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context)
          Convert an object to textual data.
 java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object obj)
          Marshals an Object into a single value representation.
 java.lang.Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context)
          Convert textual data back into an object.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

CharConverter

public CharConverter()
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
Parameters:
type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

marshal

public void marshal(java.lang.Object source,
                    HierarchicalStreamWriter writer,
                    MarshallingContext context)
Description copied from interface: Converter
Convert an object to textual data.

Specified by:
marshal in interface Converter
Parameters:
source - The object to be marshalled.
writer - A stream to write to.
context - A context that allows nested objects to be processed by XStream.

unmarshal

public java.lang.Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
                                  UnmarshallingContext context)
Description copied from interface: Converter
Convert textual data back into an object.

Specified by:
unmarshal in interface Converter
Parameters:
reader - The stream to read the text from.
Returns:
The resulting object.

fromString

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

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

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object obj)
Description copied from interface: SingleValueConverter
Marshals an Object into a single value representation.

Specified by:
toString in interface SingleValueConverter
Parameters:
obj - the Object to be converted
Returns:
a String with the single value of the Object or null


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