org.swixml
Class ConverterLibrary

java.lang.Object
  org.swixml.ConverterLibrary

public class ConverterLibrary
extends Object

The ConverterLibrary contains all available Coverters, converting Strings.

General purpose data type converters are able to convert Strings into objects that are usually as parameters when setters are called on javax.swing objects.

 Available Converter include converters able to produce
 

 
Primitives
 
Dimension
 
Color
 
Border
 
etc.
 
 

 Example String inputs could look like this:
 

 
MatteBorder(4,4,4,4,red)
 
FFCCEE
 
BorderLayout.CENTER
 
2,2,2,2
 
 

Date: Dec 16, 2002

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Wolf Paulus

See Also:

Converter

Method Summary

Converter	getConverter(Class template) Returns a Converter instance, able to produce objects of the given class
Map	getConverters()
static ConverterLibrary	getInstance()
boolean	hasConverter(Class template) Indicates if a the ConverterLibary has a Converter producing instances of the given Class.
void	register(Class template, Converter converter) Registers a Converter with the ConverterLibrary
void	register(Converter converter) Registers a Converter with the ConverterLibrary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ConverterLibrary getInstance()

Returns:

ConverterLibrary the single instacne of the ConverterLibrary.

getConverters

public Map getConverters()

Returns:

Map - all registered converters.

Use a class to get to the converters

register

public void register(Converter converter)

Registers a Converter with the ConverterLibrary

Parameters:

converter - Converter Instance of Converter able to convert Strings into objects of the given type

register

public void register(Class template,
                     Converter converter)

Registers a Converter with the ConverterLibrary

Parameters:

template - Class type of the objects the Converter creates

converter - Converter Instance of Converter able to convert Strings into objects of the given type

hasConverter

public boolean hasConverter(Class template)

Indicates if a the ConverterLibary has a Converter producing instances of the given Class.

Parameters:

template - Class

Returns:

boolean true, if the ConverterLibrary has a Converter to produce an instances of the gioven class.

getConverter

public Converter getConverter(Class template)

Returns a Converter instance, able to produce objects of the given class

Parameters:

template - Class Class of the object the Converter needs to produce.

Returns:

Converter - instance of the given Converter class.