Module org.apache.wicket.core

Package org.apache.wicket

Class ConverterLocator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.wicket.ConverterLocator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, IConverterLocator, IClusterable

public class ConverterLocator
extends Object
implements IConverterLocator

Implementation of IConverterLocator interface, which locates converters for a given type. It serves as a registry for IConverter instances stored by type, and is the default locator for Wicket.

Author:

Eelco Hillenius, Jonathan Locke

See Also:

• IConverterLocator
• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConverterLocator()	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final <C> IConverter<C>	get(Class<C> c)	Gets the type converter that is registered for class c.
final <C> IConverter<C>	getConverter(Class<C> type)	Converts the given value to class c.
final IConverter<?>	remove(Class<?> c)	Removes the type converter currently registered for class c.
final IConverter<?>	set(Class<?> c, IConverter<?> converter)	Registers a converter for use with class c.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ConverterLocator

public ConverterLocator()

Constructor

Method Details

get

public final <C> IConverter<C> get(Class<C> c)

Gets the type converter that is registered for class c.

Type Parameters:

C - The object to convert from and to String

Parameters:

c - The class to get the type converter for

Returns:

The type converter that is registered for class c or null if no type converter was registered for class c

getConverter

public final <C> IConverter<C> getConverter(Class<C> type)

Converts the given value to class c.

Specified by:

getConverter in interface IConverterLocator

Type Parameters:

C - The object to convert from and to String

Parameters:

type - Class to get the converter for.

Returns:

The converter for the given type

See Also:

• IConverter.convertToObject(String, java.util.Locale)

remove

public final IConverter<?> remove(Class<?> c)

Removes the type converter currently registered for class c.

Parameters:

c - The class for which the converter registration should be removed

Returns:

The converter that was registered for class c before removal or null if none was registered

set

public final IConverter<?> set(Class<?> c,
 IConverter<?> converter)

Registers a converter for use with class c.

Parameters:

converter - The converter to add

c - The class for which the converter should be used

Returns:

The previous registered converter for class c or null if none was registered yet for class c