com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters
Interface SingleValueConverter

All Superinterfaces:

ConverterMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSingleValueConverter, SingleValueConverterWrapper

public interface SingleValueConverter

extends ConverterMatcher

SingleValueConverter implementations are marshallable to/from a single value String representation.

AbstractSingleValueConverter provides a starting point for objects that can store all information in a single value String.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible, Mauro Talevi

See Also:

Converter, AbstractSingleValueConverter

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	fromString(java.lang.String str) Unmarshalls an Object from its single value representation.
java.lang.String	toString(java.lang.Object obj) Marshalls an Object into a single value representation.

Methods inherited from interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher

canConvert

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object obj)

Marshalls an Object into a single value representation.

Parameters:

obj - the Object to be converted

Returns:

a String with the single value of the Object or null

fromString

public java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)

Unmarshalls an Object from its single value representation.

Parameters:

str - the String with the single value of the Object

Returns:

the Object