org.apache.camel.impl.converter

Class InstanceMethodTypeConverter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.camel.support.TypeConverterSupport

org.apache.camel.impl.converter.InstanceMethodTypeConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeConverter

public class InstanceMethodTypeConverter
extends TypeConverterSupport

A TypeConverter implementation which instantiates an object so that an instance method can be used as a type converter

Version:

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
InstanceMethodTypeConverter(CachingInjector<?> injector, Method method, TypeConverterRegistry registry) Deprecated.
InstanceMethodTypeConverter(CachingInjector<?> injector, Method method, TypeConverterRegistry registry, boolean allowNull)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	allowNull() Whether the type converter allows returning null as a valid response.
<T> T	convertTo(Class<T> type, Exchange exchange, Object value) Converts the value to the specified type in the context of an exchange Used when conversion requires extra information from the current exchange (such as encoding).
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.camel.support.TypeConverterSupport

convertTo, mandatoryConvertTo, mandatoryConvertTo, tryConvertTo, tryConvertTo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InstanceMethodTypeConverter

@Deprecated
public InstanceMethodTypeConverter(CachingInjector<?> injector,
                                               Method method,
                                               TypeConverterRegistry registry)

Deprecated.

InstanceMethodTypeConverter

public InstanceMethodTypeConverter(CachingInjector<?> injector,
                                   Method method,
                                   TypeConverterRegistry registry,
                                   boolean allowNull)

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

allowNull

public boolean allowNull()

Description copied from interface: TypeConverter

Whether the type converter allows returning null as a valid response.

By default null is not a valid response, returning false from this method.

Specified by:

allowNull in interface TypeConverter

Overrides:

allowNull in class TypeConverterSupport

convertTo

public <T> T convertTo(Class<T> type,
                       Exchange exchange,
                       Object value)

Description copied from interface: TypeConverter

Converts the value to the specified type in the context of an exchange

Used when conversion requires extra information from the current exchange (such as encoding).

Parameters:

type - the requested type

exchange - the current exchange

value - the value to be converted

Returns:

the converted value, or null if not possible to convert