Module litebridge.converter

Package org.litebridgedb.convert.converter

Interface Converter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the target Java type this converter handles

All Superinterfaces:

ConverterFunction<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

SqlConverter<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNumberConverter, AbstractStringParsingConverter, BigDecimalConverter, BigIntegerConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteArrayConverter, ByteConverter, CharacterConverter, DoubleConverter, FloatConverter, GenericConverter, GenericSqlConverter, IntegerConverter, LongConverter, ShortConverter, SqlDateConverter, SqlTimeConverter, SqlTimestampConverter, StringConverter

public interface Converter<T>
extends ConverterFunction<T>

Represents a converter for a specific Java type.

A Converter is responsible for translating an arbitrary object to the target type T. It also provides information about the target type it handles.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default @Nullable Class<?>	primitiveType()	Returns the primitive counterpart of the target class, if applicable.
Class<?>	type()	Returns the target Java class this converter handles.

Methods inherited from interface org.litebridgedb.convert.converter.ConverterFunction

convert

Method Details

type

Class<?> type()

Returns the target Java class this converter handles.

Returns:

the target Java class

primitiveType

default @Nullable Class<?> primitiveType()

Returns the primitive counterpart of the target class, if applicable.

Returns:

the primitive type, or null if there is no primitive counterpart