org.geotools.data.util

Class CollectionConverterFactory

Object

CollectionConverterFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConverterFactory

public class CollectionConverterFactory
extends Object
implements ConverterFactory

Converts among arrays and different collection classes.

THe following conversions are supported:

• Collection to Collection where collections are different types ( ex list to set )
• Collection to Array
• Array to Collection
• Array to Array where the declared type of the target array is assignable from the declared type of the source array

Author:

Justin Deoliveira, The Open Planning Project

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static Converter	ArrayToArray Converter for array to array.
protected static Converter	ArrayToCollection Converter for array to collection.
protected static Converter	CollectionToArray Converter for collection to array.
protected static Converter	CollectionToCollection Converter for collection to collection

Fields inherited from interface ConverterFactory

SAFE_CONVERSION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CollectionConverterFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Converter	createConverter(Class source, Class target, Hints hints) Creates a Converter instance for converting one type of object to another.
protected static Collection	newCollection(Class target)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

CollectionToCollection

protected static final Converter CollectionToCollection

Converter for collection to collection

CollectionToArray

protected static final Converter CollectionToArray

Converter for collection to array.

ArrayToCollection

protected static final Converter ArrayToCollection

Converter for array to collection.

ArrayToArray

protected static final Converter ArrayToArray

Converter for array to array.

Constructor Detail

CollectionConverterFactory

public CollectionConverterFactory()

Method Detail

newCollection

protected static Collection newCollection(Class target)
                                   throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

createConverter

public Converter createConverter(Class source,
                                 Class target,
                                 Hints hints)

Description copied from interface: ConverterFactory

Creates a Converter instance for converting one type of object to another.

Specified by:

createConverter in interface ConverterFactory

Parameters:

source - The type to convert from.

target - The type to convert to.

hints - Hints used to be used while creating a converter.

Returns:

The converter, or null if one could not be found.