com.codemesh.terp.eval.converters
Class ToObjectConverter

java.lang.Object
  com.codemesh.terp.eval.converters.ToObjectConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<java.lang.Object>

public class ToObjectConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements Converter<java.lang.Object>

An identity converter that is used when we semantically need a converter but the converter does not have to do anything.

Constructor Summary

ToObjectConverter()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

fromObject(java.lang.Object obj, TerpContext ctx) Converts the given object into an object of the target type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ToObjectConverter

public ToObjectConverter()

Method Detail

fromObject

public java.lang.Object fromObject(java.lang.Object obj,
                                   TerpContext ctx)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Converts the given object into an object of the target type. Conversions can be implemented in any way that makes sense. Normally, converters will return null for null, but some converters may choose to interpret null as an indicator to return a default-initialized target object. An example of this type of conversion is the ShellExecutor. null simply indicates that no preference overrides of any kind have been provided.

Specified by:

fromObject in interface Converter<java.lang.Object>

Parameters:

obj - the source object.

ctx - the context in which the conversion takes place.

Returns:

an instance of the target type or null.