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org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion
Class Converter


java.lang.Object
  
org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion.Converter

All Implemented Interfaces:: IConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:: org.eclipse.core.internal.databinding.validation.NumberFormatConverter, NumberToStringConverter

public abstract class Converter
extends Object
implements IConverter
extends Object
implements IConverter

Abstract base class for converters.

Since:: 1.0

Constructor Summary

Converter ( Object fromType, Object toType)


Method Summary

Object getFromType ()
          Returns the type whose instances can be converted by this converter.

Object getToType ()
          Returns the type to which this converter can convert.

Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion. IConverter

convert

Constructor Detail

Converter

public Converter(
Object fromType,
                 
Object toType)

Parameters:: fromType -; toType -

Method Detail

getFromType

public 
Object getFromType()

Description copied from interface: IConverter

Returns the type whose instances can be converted by this converter. The return type is Object rather than Class to optionally support richer type systems than the one provided by Java reflection.

Specified by:: getFromType in interface IConverter

Returns:: the type whose instances can be converted, or null if this converter is untyped

getToType

public 
Object getToType()

Description copied from interface: IConverter

Returns the type to which this converter can convert. The return type is Object rather than Class to optionally support richer type systems than the one provided by Java reflection.