Constructor Detail

• ToStringFieldHandler

  public ToStringFieldHandler(java.lang.Class type)

  Creates a new ToStringFieldHandler.

  Parameters:

  type - the class type to create the FieldHandler for

• ToStringFieldHandler

  public ToStringFieldHandler(java.lang.Class type,
                              FieldHandler handler)

  Creates a new ToStringFieldHandler.

  Parameters:

  type - the class type to create the FieldHandler for

  handler - the FieldHandler to wrap

Method Detail

• convertUponGet

  public java.lang.Object convertUponGet(java.lang.Object value)

  This method is used to convert the value when the getValue method is called. The getValue method will obtain the actual field value from given 'parent' object. This convert method is then invoked with the field's value. The value returned from this method will be the actual value returned by getValue method.

  Specified by:

  convertUponGet in class GeneralizedFieldHandler

  Parameters:

  value - the object value to convert after performing a get operation

  Returns:

  the converted value.

  See Also:

  GeneralizedFieldHandler.convertUponGet(java.lang.Object)

• convertUponSet

  public java.lang.Object convertUponSet(java.lang.Object value)

  This method is used to convert the value when the setValue method is called. The setValue method will call this method to obtain the converted value. The converted value will then be used as the value to set for the field.

  Specified by:

  convertUponSet in class GeneralizedFieldHandler

  Parameters:

  value - the object value to convert before performing a set operation

  Returns:

  the converted value.

  See Also:

  GeneralizedFieldHandler.convertUponSet(java.lang.Object)

• getFieldType

  public java.lang.Class getFieldType()

  Returns the class type for the field that this GeneralizedFieldHandler converts to and from. This should be the type that is used in the object model.

  Specified by:

  getFieldType in class GeneralizedFieldHandler

  Returns:

  the class type of of the field

  See Also:

  GeneralizedFieldHandler.getFieldType()