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Introduce new ConditionalConversion interface that can be applied to Converter, ConverterFactory or GenericConverter interfaces to make them conditional. Prior to this commit the only ConditionalGenericConverter could be conditional. Issue: SPR-9928pull/167/merge
Phillip Webb
12 years ago
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Chris Beams
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package org.springframework.core.convert.converter; |
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import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor; |
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/** |
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* Allows a {@link Converter}, {@link GenericConverter} or {@link ConverterFactory} to |
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* conditionally execute based on attributes of the {@code source} and {@code target} |
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* {@link TypeDescriptor}. |
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* <p>Often used to selectively match custom conversion logic based on the presence of a |
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* field or class-level characteristic, such as an annotation or method. For example, when |
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* converting from a String field to a Date field, an implementation might return |
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* {@code true} if the target field has also been annotated with {@code @DateTimeFormat}. |
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* <p>As another example, when converting from a String field to an {@code Account} field, an |
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* implementation might return {@code true} if the target Account class defines a |
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* {@code public static findAccount(String)} method. |
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* @author Keith Donald |
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* @author Phillip Webb |
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* @since 3.2 |
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* @see Converter |
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* @see GenericConverter |
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* @see ConverterFactory |
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* @see ConditionalGenericConverter |
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public interface ConditionalConversion { |
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/** |
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* Should the converter from {@code sourceType} to {@code targetType} currently under |
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* consideration be selected? |
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* @param sourceType the type descriptor of the field we are converting from |
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* @param targetType the type descriptor of the field we are converting to |
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* @return true if conversion should be performed, false otherwise |
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boolean matches(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType); |
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} |
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