org.jgroups.conf

Interface PropertyConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyConverters.BindInterface, PropertyConverters.Default, PropertyConverters.FlushInvoker, PropertyConverters.InitialHosts, PropertyConverters.InitialHosts2, PropertyConverters.IntegerArray, PropertyConverters.LongArray, PropertyConverters.NetworkInterfaceList, PropertyConverters.StringProperties

public interface PropertyConverter

Represents a property converter that takes an input from corresponding field in JGroups properties file as a String and converts it to a matching Java type.

Author:

Vladimir Blagojevic

See Also:

PropertyConverters, Property

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Class<?> propertyFieldType, java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.String propertyValue, boolean check_scope)
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object value) Converts the value to a string.

Method Detail

convert

java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object obj,
                         java.lang.Class<?> propertyFieldType,
                         java.lang.String propertyName,
                         java.lang.String propertyValue,
                         boolean check_scope)
                  throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

toString

java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object value)

Converts the value to a string. The default is to simply invoke Object.toString(), however, some objects need to be printed specially, e.g. a long array etc.

Parameters:

value -

Returns: