org.fastnate.data.properties

Class PropertyDataImporter

java.lang.Object

org.fastnate.data.properties.PropertyDataImporter

Direct Known Subclasses:

XmlDataImporter

public abstract class PropertyDataImporter
extends Object

Base class for all importers that work with PropertyConverters.

Author:

Tobias Liefke

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Map<Class<?>,PropertyConverter<?>>	converters The converters to use as default for specific property classes.
private static Map<Class<?>,PropertyConverter<?>>	DEFAULT_CONVERTERS The default list of known converters for each class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PropertyDataImporter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> void	addConverter(Class<T> type, PropertyConverter<T> converter) Registers the converter to use for a specific type.
protected <T> PropertyConverter<T>	findConverter(Class<T> propertyClass) Finds the converter for the given type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_CONVERTERS

private static final Map<Class<?>,PropertyConverter<?>> DEFAULT_CONVERTERS

The default list of known converters for each class.

converters

private final Map<Class<?>,PropertyConverter<?>> converters

The converters to use as default for specific property classes.

Constructor Detail

PropertyDataImporter

public PropertyDataImporter()

Method Detail

addConverter

public <T> void addConverter(Class<T> type,
                             PropertyConverter<T> converter)

Registers the converter to use for a specific type. Only nessecary, if the default converters are not enough.

Parameters:

type - the type of the property

converter - used to convert that type from a String in the import file to a Java value

findConverter

protected <T> PropertyConverter<T> findConverter(Class<T> propertyClass)

Finds the converter for the given type.

Parameters:

propertyClass - the type of the primitive property to convert

Returns:

the converter or null if none is found