Package org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.util.beans

Class ArrayValueConverter

java.lang.Object

org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.util.beans.ArrayValueConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValueConverter

public class ArrayValueConverter
extends Object
implements ValueConverter

An ValueConverter that handles Arrays. Conversion to arrays is done using a CSV string.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ArrayValueConverter(Class arrayClass, ValueConverter elementConverter)	Creates a new ArrayValueConverter for the given element type and array type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	toAttributeValue(Object o)	Converts an object to an attribute value.
Object	toPropertyValue(String s)	Converts a string to a property value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ArrayValueConverter

public ArrayValueConverter(Class arrayClass,
                           ValueConverter elementConverter)

Creates a new ArrayValueConverter for the given element type and array type.

Parameters:

arrayClass - the array type

elementConverter - the value converter for the array elements.

Method Detail

toAttributeValue

public String toAttributeValue(Object o)
                        throws BeanException

Converts an object to an attribute value.

Specified by:

toAttributeValue in interface ValueConverter

Parameters:

o - the object.

Returns:

the attribute value.

Throws:

BeanException - if there was an error during the conversion.

toPropertyValue

public Object toPropertyValue(String s)
                       throws BeanException

Converts a string to a property value.

Specified by:

toPropertyValue in interface ValueConverter

Parameters:

s - the string.

Returns:

a property value.

Throws:

BeanException - if there was an error during the conversion.