org.restlet.engine.converter

Class ConverterUtils

java.lang.Object

org.restlet.engine.converter.ConverterUtils

public class ConverterUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for the converter service.

Author:

Jerome Louvel

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static java.util.List<VariantInfo>	addVariant(java.util.List<VariantInfo> variants, VariantInfo variant) Adds a variant to the given list.
static ConverterHelper	getBestHelper(java.lang.Object source, Variant target, UniformResource resource) Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.
static <T> ConverterHelper	getBestHelper(Representation source, java.lang.Class<T> target, UniformResource resource) Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.
static java.util.List<VariantInfo>	getVariants(java.lang.Class<?> sourceClass, Variant targetVariant) Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

addVariant

protected static java.util.List<VariantInfo> addVariant(java.util.List<VariantInfo> variants,
                                     VariantInfo variant)

Adds a variant to the given list.

Parameters:

variants - The list to update.

variant - The variant info to add.

Returns:

The updated list.

getVariants

public static java.util.List<VariantInfo> getVariants(java.lang.Class<?> sourceClass,
                                      Variant targetVariant)

Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class.

Parameters:

sourceClass - The source class.

targetVariant - The expected representation metadata.

Returns:

The list of variants that can be converted.

getBestHelper

public static ConverterHelper getBestHelper(java.lang.Object source,
                            Variant target,
                            UniformResource resource)

Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.

Parameters:

source - The object to convert to a representation.

target - The target representation variant.

resource - The optional parent resource.

Returns:

The matched converter helper or null.

getBestHelper

public static <T> ConverterHelper getBestHelper(Representation source,
                                java.lang.Class<T> target,
                                UniformResource resource)

Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.

Type Parameters:

T - The target class.

Parameters:

source - The source representation variant.

target - The target class.

resource - The parent resource.

Returns:

The matched converter helper or null.