org.jboss.arquillian.drone.configuration.mapping

Interface ValueMapper<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Given type

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanValueMapper, DoubleValueMapper, FileValueMapper, IntegerValueMapper, LongValueMapper, MapValueMapper, NegatingBooleanValueMapper, StringValueMapper, URIValueMapper, URLValueMapper

public interface ValueMapper<T>

Transformer for a string to an object of given type

Author:

Karel Piwko

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	handles(Class<?> type, Class<?>... parameters) Checks if given type is supported by this handler
T	transform(String value) Returns converted value from a string

Method Detail

handles

boolean handles(Class<?> type,
                Class<?>... parameters)

Checks if given type is supported by this handler

Parameters:

type - Type to be supported

parameters - Types that have to match in case type is generic type

Returns:

true if this is supported, false otherwise

transform

T transform(String value)
     throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns converted value from a string

Parameters:

value - String value to be converted

Returns:

Converted object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If conversion was not possible