asg.cliche
Interface InputConverter

public interface InputConverter

This interface is used by the Shell to support new argument types. It converts string to an object of given class.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

convertInput(java.lang.String original, java.lang.Class toClass) String-to-someClass conversion method May throw any exception if string is considered invalid for given class; must do nothing but return null if doesn't recognize the toClass.

Method Detail

convertInput

java.lang.Object convertInput(java.lang.String original,
                              java.lang.Class toClass)
                              throws java.lang.Exception

String-to-someClass conversion method May throw any exception if string is considered invalid for given class; must do nothing but return null if doesn't recognize the toClass.

Parameters:

original - String to be converted

toClass - Class to be converted to

Returns:

Object of the class toClass or null, if don't know how to convert to given class

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

See Also:

Shell