org.cyclos.utils.coercion

Interface Coercer<ToType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCoercer, BigDecimalCoercer, BigIntegerCoercer, BooleanCoercer, ByteCoercer, DateCoercer, DoubleCoercer, FloatCoercer, IntegerCoercer, LongCoercer, ShortCoercer, StringCoercer

public interface Coercer<ToType>

Coerces instances of arbitrary types into a specific type

Author:

luis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ToType	coerce(java.lang.Object input) Convert the given object into the coercer type.
java.lang.Class<ToType>	getToType() Returns the type this coercer handles

Method Detail

coerce

ToType coerce(java.lang.Object input)
       throws CoercionException

Convert the given object into the coercer type. The input is assumed to be non-null.

Throws:

CoercionException

getToType

java.lang.Class<ToType> getToType()

Returns the type this coercer handles