org.omnifaces.application
Class ConverterProvider

java.lang.Object
  org.omnifaces.application.ConverterProvider

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConverterManager

public abstract class ConverterProvider
extends java.lang.Object

An abstraction of converter provider. Concrete converter provider implementations (such as the one from CDI) must store themselves in the EL scope under the NAME.

Since:

1.6

Author:

Bauke Scholtz

See Also:

OmniApplication

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

NAME The name on which the converter provider implementation should be stored in the EL scope.

Constructor Summary

ConverterProvider()

Method Summary

abstract javax.faces.convert.Converter	createConverter(java.lang.Class<?> converterForClass) Returns the converter instance associated with the given converter for-class, or null if there is none.
abstract javax.faces.convert.Converter	createConverter(java.lang.String converterId) Returns the converter instance associated with the given converter ID, or null if there is none.
static ConverterProvider	getInstance() Returns the converter provider implementation from the EL context, or null if there is none.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NAME

public static final java.lang.String NAME

The name on which the converter provider implementation should be stored in the EL scope.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ConverterProvider

public ConverterProvider()

Method Detail

createConverter

public abstract javax.faces.convert.Converter createConverter(java.lang.String converterId)

Returns the converter instance associated with the given converter ID, or null if there is none.

Parameters:

converterId - The converter ID of the desired converter instance.

Returns:

the converter instance associated with the given converter ID, or null if there is none.

createConverter

public abstract javax.faces.convert.Converter createConverter(java.lang.Class<?> converterForClass)

Returns the converter instance associated with the given converter for-class, or null if there is none.

Parameters:

converterForClass - The converter for-class of the desired converter instance.

Returns:

the converter instance associated with the given converter for-class, or null if there is none.

getInstance

public static ConverterProvider getInstance()

Returns the converter provider implementation from the EL context, or null if there is none.

Returns:

The converter provider implementation from the EL context, or null if there is none.