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com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic

public Class CharConverter

extends Object
implements Converter, SingleValueConverter
Class Inheritance
All Implemented Interfaces
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter, com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher, com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter
Imports
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter, .MarshallingContext, .SingleValueConverter, .UnmarshallingContext, com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamReader, .HierarchicalStreamWriter

Converts a char primitive or java.lang.Character wrapper to a String. If char is \0 the representing String is empty.
Authors
Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public boolean
canConvert(Class<T>
the Class representing the object type to be converted
type
)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher.canConvert.

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
public Object
fromString(String
the String with the single value of the Object
str
)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter.fromString.

Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.
public void
marshal(Object
The object to be marshalled.
source
,
HierarchicalStreamWriter
A stream to write to.
writer
,
MarshallingContext
A context that allows nested objects to be processed by XStream.
context
)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter.marshal.

Convert an object to textual data.
public String
toString(Object
the Object to be converted
obj
)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter.toString.

Marshals an Object into a single value representation.
public Object
unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader
The stream to read the text from.
reader
,
UnmarshallingContext context)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter.unmarshal.

Convert textual data back into an object.
Inherited from java.lang.Object:
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Constructor Detail

CharConverterback to summary
public CharConverter()

Method Detail

canConvertback to summary
public boolean canConvert(Class<T> type)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher.canConvert.

Doc from com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher.canConvert.

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Parameters
type:Class<T>

the Class representing the object type to be converted

fromStringback to summary
public Object fromString(String str)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter.fromString.

Doc from com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter.fromString.

Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.

Parameters
str:String

the String with the single value of the Object

Returns:Object

the Object

marshalback to summary
public void marshal(Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter.marshal.

Doc from com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter.marshal.

Convert an object to textual data.

Parameters
source:Object

The object to be marshalled.

writer:HierarchicalStreamWriter

A stream to write to.

context:MarshallingContext

A context that allows nested objects to be processed by XStream.

toStringback to summary
public String toString(Object obj)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter.toString.

Doc from com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter.toString.

Marshals an Object into a single value representation.

Parameters
obj:Object

the Object to be converted

Returns:String

a String with the single value of the Object or null

unmarshalback to summary
public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context)

Implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter.unmarshal.

Doc from com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter.unmarshal.

Convert textual data back into an object.

Parameters
reader:HierarchicalStreamReader

The stream to read the text from.

Returns:Object

The resulting object.