Interface Converter<s,T>

Type Parameters:

s - the source type

T - the target type

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeserializingConverter, serializingConverter

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Converter<s,T>

A converter converts a source object of type s to a target of type T.

Implementations of this interface are thread-safe and can be shared.

Implementations may additionally implement ConditionalConverter.

since:

3.0

Author:

Keith Donald, Josh Cummings

Method summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default <U>&nbsp;Converter<s,U>	andThen(Converter<? super T, ? extends U>&nbsp;after)	Construct a composed Converter that first applies this Converter to its input, and then applies the after Converter to the result.
@Nullable T	convert(s&nbsp;source)	Convert the source object of type s to target type T.

Method Details

convert

@Nullable T convert(s source)

Convert the source object of type s to target type T.

Parameters:

source - the source object to convert, which must be an instance of s (never null)

Returns:

the converted object, which must be an instance of T (potentially null)

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the source cannot be converted to the desired target type

andThen

default&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;Converter<s,U>&nbsp;andThen(Converter<? super T, ? extends U>&nbsp;after)

Construct a composed Converter that first applies this Converter to its input, and then applies the after Converter to the result.

Type Parameters:

U - the type of output of both the after Converter and the composed Converter

Parameters:

after - the Converter to apply after this Converter is applied

Returns:

a composed Converter that first applies this Converter and then applies the after Converter

since:

5.3