Author: oheger
Date: Wed Oct 30 20:15:33 2013
New Revision: 1537264
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1537264
Log:
Generified LocaleConverter.
Analoguously to the Converter interface, there is now a type parameter for the
desired target type of a conversion. This also implies that all converter
implementations have to check a result value whether it conforms to the target
type.
Modified:
commons/proper/beanutils/branches/java5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils/locale/LocaleConverter.java
Modified:
commons/proper/beanutils/branches/java5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils/locale/LocaleConverter.java
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/beanutils/branches/java5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils/locale/LocaleConverter.java?rev=1537264&r1=1537263&r2=1537264&view=diff
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---
commons/proper/beanutils/branches/java5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils/locale/LocaleConverter.java
(original)
+++
commons/proper/beanutils/branches/java5/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils/locale/LocaleConverter.java
Wed Oct 30 20:15:33 2013
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ public interface LocaleConverter extends
* Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output
object of the
* specified type.
*
+ * @param <T> The desired target type of the conversion
* @param type Data type to which this value should be converted
* @param value The input value to be converted
* @param pattern The user-defined pattern is used for the input object
formatting.
* @return The converted value
*
* @exception org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException if
conversion
- * cannot be performed successfully
+ * cannot be performed successfully or if the target type is not supported
*/
- public Object convert(Class type, Object value, String pattern);
+ public <T> T convert(Class<T> type, Object value, String pattern);
}
