Module org.joda.convert

Package org.joda.convert

Interface StringConverterFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanArrayStringConverterFactory, BooleanObjectArrayStringConverterFactory, ByteObjectArrayStringConverterFactory, CharObjectArrayStringConverterFactory, NumericArrayStringConverterFactory, NumericObjectArrayStringConverterFactory

public interface StringConverterFactory

Factory for StringConverter that allows converters to be created dynamically or easily initialised.

Implementations must be immutable and thread-safe.

Since:

1.5

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
StringConverter<?>	findConverter(Class<?> cls)	Finds a converter by type.

Method Details

findConverter

StringConverter<?> findConverter(Class<?> cls)

Finds a converter by type.

If the converter is not found, the implementation should return null. This method should only throw an exception if there is a problem that the developer must be made aware of. For example, the annotation-based factory throws an exception if the annotations are used incorrectly.

Parameters:

cls - the type to lookup, not null

Returns:

the converter, null if not found

Throws:

RuntimeException - (or subclass) if there a developer error is found during lookup