org.easetech.easytest.converter
Class AbstractConverter<Type>

java.lang.Object
  org.easetech.easytest.converter.AbstractConverter<Type>

Type Parameters:

Type - the type of object to convert to.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter<Type>

public abstract class AbstractConverter<Type>
extends Object
implements Converter<Type>

An abstract implementation of the Converter interface that can be used by the user to define their custom converters. Users are encouraged to extend this class instead of implementing the Converter interface directly as this class provides the common implementations of convertTo and instanceOfType methods whose implementations are generic to every Converter. For an example of a custom converter, you can look at the following : https://github.com/EaseTech/easytest-core/blob/master/src/test/java/org/easetech/easytest/example/ItemConverter.java

Author:

Anuj Kumar

Constructor Summary

AbstractConverter()

Method Summary

Class<Type>	convertTo() Get the Class variable representing the Type object
Type	instanceOfType() Method responsible for returning an instance of the provided Generic Type argument.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.easetech.easytest.converter.Converter

convert

Constructor Detail

AbstractConverter

public AbstractConverter()

Method Detail

convertTo

public Class<Type> convertTo()

Get the Class variable representing the Type object

Specified by:

convertTo in interface Converter<Type>

Returns:

the Class variable representing the Type object

instanceOfType

public Type instanceOfType()

Method responsible for returning an instance of the provided Generic Type argument. The default implementation assumes that the generic type argument is a concrete type with a default no arg constructor. It calls the Class.newInstance() method to return the instance. If the passed generic type argument is an interface or an abstract type, then the method calls the Assert.fail() telling the user that the passed Class object was not a Concrete class.
A user can always extend this behavior to return specific instances in case the passed instance is an interface or an abstract class. It is recommended to extend the Abstract Converter instead of implementing the Converter interface directly.

Specified by:

instanceOfType in interface Converter<Type>

Returns:

an instance of the generic type argument passed to the AbstractConverter