Class LocalConversionMapper

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper

com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.LocalConversionMapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mapper

public class LocalConversionMapper
extends MapperWrapper

A Mapper for locally defined converters for a member field.

Since:

1.3

Author:

Jörg Schaible

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Mapper

Mapper.ImplicitCollectionMapping, Mapper.Null

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LocalConversionMapper(Mapper wrapped)	Constructs a LocalConversionMapper.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
SingleValueConverter	getConverterFromAttribute(Class definedIn, String attribute, Class type)	Returns which converter to use for an specific attribute in a type.
SingleValueConverter	getConverterFromItemType(String fieldName, Class type, Class definedIn)	Returns a single value converter to be used in a specific field.
Converter	getLocalConverter(Class definedIn, String fieldName)
void	registerLocalConverter(Class definedIn, String fieldName, Converter converter)

Methods inherited from class MapperWrapper

aliasForAttribute, aliasForAttribute, aliasForSystemAttribute, attributeForAlias, attributeForAlias, defaultImplementationOf, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromItemType, getConverterFromItemType, getFieldNameForItemTypeAndName, getImplicitCollectionDefForFieldName, getItemTypeForItemFieldName, isIgnoredElement, isImmutableValueType, isReferenceable, lookupMapperOfType, realClass, realMember, serializedClass, serializedMember, shouldSerializeMember

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

LocalConversionMapper

public LocalConversionMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Constructs a LocalConversionMapper.

Parameters:

wrapped -

Since:

1.3

Method Details

registerLocalConverter

public void registerLocalConverter(Class definedIn,
 String fieldName,
 Converter converter)

getLocalConverter

public Converter getLocalConverter(Class definedIn,
 String fieldName)

Specified by:

getLocalConverter in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getLocalConverter in class MapperWrapper

getConverterFromAttribute

public SingleValueConverter getConverterFromAttribute(Class definedIn,
 String attribute,
 Class type)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Returns which converter to use for an specific attribute in a type.

Specified by:

getConverterFromAttribute in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getConverterFromAttribute in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

definedIn - the field's parent

attribute - the attribute name

type - the type the converter should create

getConverterFromItemType

public SingleValueConverter getConverterFromItemType(String fieldName,
 Class type,
 Class definedIn)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Returns a single value converter to be used in a specific field.

Specified by:

getConverterFromItemType in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getConverterFromItemType in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

fieldName - the field name

type - the field type

definedIn - the type which defines this field

Returns:

a SingleValueConverter or null if there no such converter should be used for this field.