ch.jalu.configme.properties.types

Interface PropertyType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of the values the property type handles

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanPropertyType, EnumPropertyType, PrimitivePropertyType

public interface PropertyType<T>

Property type: provides methods for converting between property resource and a defined type and allows to be used in generic structures such as an array property or map property.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	convert(Object object) Converts the given object (typically read from a property resource) to the given type, if possible.
Object	toExportValue(T value) Converts the given value to its export value.

Method Detail

convert

@Nullable
T convert(@Nullable
                    Object object)

Converts the given object (typically read from a property resource) to the given type, if possible. Returns null otherwise.

Parameters:

object - the object to convert

Returns:

the converted value, or null

toExportValue

Object toExportValue(T value)

Converts the given value to its export value. (Converts in the opposite way of convert(java.lang.Object).)

Parameters:

value - the value to convert

Returns:

the value to use in the property export