Package dev.enola.common.convert

Interface ObjectToStringBiConverter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of objects to convert

All Superinterfaces:

BiConverter<T,String>, ConverterInto<T,Appendable>, ConverterIntoAppendable<T>, ObjectClassConverter<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

IdConverter<I>

All Known Implementing Classes:

IdConverterChain, ObjectToStringBiConverterWithFormat, ObjectToStringWithToStringBiConverter, TemporalAccessorToStringConverter

@Immutable
public interface ObjectToStringBiConverter<T>
extends BiConverter<T,String>, ConverterIntoAppendable<T>, ObjectClassConverter<T>

Converts objects of type T to & from String, if it can.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default boolean	convertInto(T from, Appendable into)	Convert from an I into an O.
default <X> Optional<X>	convertObjectToType(Object input, Class<X> type)
default <X> Optional<X>	convertToType(T input, Class<X> type)

Methods inherited from interface dev.enola.common.convert.BiConverter

convertFrom, convertTo

Methods inherited from interface dev.enola.common.convert.ConverterInto

convertIntoOrThrow

Method Details

convertInto

default boolean convertInto(T from,
 Appendable into)
                     throws ConversionException,
IOException

Description copied from interface: ConverterInto

Convert from an I into an O.

Specified by:

convertInto in interface ConverterInto<T,Appendable>

Specified by:

convertInto in interface ConverterIntoAppendable<T>

Parameters:

from - the input to convert

into - the destination where to output

Returns:

true if conversion was successful, false if this converter cannot handle it; see ConverterIntoChain

Throws:

ConversionException - in case of conversion problems or technical failures to read from I or write to O

IOException - TODO wrap IOException into ConversionException and remove throws

convertToType

default <X> Optional<X> convertToType(T input,
 Class<X> type)
                               throws IOException

Specified by:

convertToType in interface ObjectClassConverter<T>

Throws:

IOException

convertObjectToType

default <X> Optional<X> convertObjectToType(Object input,
 Class<X> type)
                                     throws IOException

Throws:

IOException