dsto.dfc.util
Class StringTranslator

java.lang.Object
  dsto.dfc.util.StringTranslator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IStringTranslator, ITranslator

public class StringTranslator
extends Object
implements ITranslator, IStringTranslator

Translates any value to a string using toString ().

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

mpp

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface dsto.dfc.text.IStringTranslator

IStringTranslator.FromString, IStringTranslator.ToString

Field Summary

static StringTranslator

INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

StringTranslator()

Method Summary

Object	fromString(String string) Convert/parse a string into the object type supported by this converter.
String	toString(Object value) Convert a value to a string.
Object	translate(Object object)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final StringTranslator INSTANCE

Constructor Detail

StringTranslator

public StringTranslator()

Method Detail

translate

public Object translate(Object object)
                 throws IllegalArgumentException

Specified by:

translate in interface ITranslator

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

fromString

public Object fromString(String string)
                  throws InvalidFormatException

Description copied from interface: IStringTranslator

Convert/parse a string into the object type supported by this converter.

Specified by:

fromString in interface IStringTranslator

Parameters:

string - The string to convert.

Returns:

The converted object.

Throws:

InvalidFormatException - if the string is not in a format parsable by the converter.

toString

public String toString(Object value)
                throws IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from interface: IStringTranslator

Convert a value to a string.

Specified by:

toString in interface IStringTranslator

Parameters:

value - The value to convert. Null is not guaranteed to be valid.

Returns:

The string equivalent.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is an object type understood by the converter.