Interface TypeConverterRegistry

    • Method Detail

      • addBulkTypeConverters

        void addBulkTypeConverters​(BulkTypeConverters bulkTypeConverters)
        Registers a new set of type converters that are bulked together into a single BulkTypeConverters class.
      • addTypeConverter

        void addTypeConverter​(Class<?> toType,
                              Class<?> fromType,
                              TypeConverter typeConverter)
        Registers a new type converter.

        This method may throw TypeConverterExistsException if configured to fail if an existing type converter already exists

        Parameters:
        toType - the type to convert to
        fromType - the type to convert from
        typeConverter - the type converter to use
      • removeTypeConverter

        boolean removeTypeConverter​(Class<?> toType,
                                    Class<?> fromType)
        Removes the type converter
        Parameters:
        toType - the type to convert to
        fromType - the type to convert from
        Returns:
        true if removed, false if the type converter didn't exist
      • addTypeConverters

        void addTypeConverters​(Object typeConverters)
        Registers all the type converters from the instance, each converter must be implemented as a method and annotated with Converter.
        Parameters:
        typeConverters - instance which implements the type converters
      • addFallbackTypeConverter

        void addFallbackTypeConverter​(TypeConverter typeConverter,
                                      boolean canPromote)
        Registers a new fallback type converter
        Parameters:
        typeConverter - the type converter to use
        canPromote - whether or not the fallback type converter can be promoted to a first class type converter
      • lookup

        TypeConverter lookup​(Class<?> toType,
                             Class<?> fromType)
        Performs a lookup for a given type converter.
        Parameters:
        toType - the type to convert to
        fromType - the type to convert from
        Returns:
        the type converter or null if not found.
      • setInjector

        void setInjector​(Injector injector)
        Sets the injector to be used for creating new instances during type conversions.
        Parameters:
        injector - the injector
      • getInjector

        Injector getInjector()
        Gets the injector
        Returns:
        the injector
      • getStatistics

        TypeConverterRegistry.Statistics getStatistics()
        Gets the utilization statistics of this type converter registry
        Returns:
        the utilization statistics
      • size

        int size()
        Number of type converters in the registry.
        Returns:
        number of type converters in the registry.
      • getTypeConverterExistsLoggingLevel

        LoggingLevel getTypeConverterExistsLoggingLevel()
        The logging level to use when logging that a type converter already exists when attempting to add a duplicate type converter.

        The default logging level is DEBUG

      • setTypeConverterExistsLoggingLevel

        void setTypeConverterExistsLoggingLevel​(LoggingLevel typeConverterExistsLoggingLevel)
        The logging level to use when logging that a type converter already exists when attempting to add a duplicate type converter.

        The default logging level is DEBUG

      • getTypeConverterExists

        TypeConverterExists getTypeConverterExists()
        What should happen when attempting to add a duplicate type converter.

        The default behavior is to ignore the duplicate.

      • setTypeConverterExists

        void setTypeConverterExists​(TypeConverterExists typeConverterExists)
        What should happen when attempting to add a duplicate type converter.

        The default behavior is to ignore the duplicate.