com.iparelan.util
Interface MarshallingStrategy<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the value to be marshalled.

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileMarshallingStrategy, IntegerMarshallingStrategy

@Copyright(value="Copyright © 2008, Iparelan Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.")
public interface MarshallingStrategy<T>

A strategy for converting a value to a String (serializing).

Version:

July 2008

Author:

Greg Mattes

To Do:

1. Consider throwing a checked exception here and in unmarshall, is it so strange for marshalling to fail?

Field Summary

static MarshallingStrategy<File>	FILE
static MarshallingStrategy<Integer>	INTEGER

Method Summary

String

marshall(T unmarshalled) Converts the specified value of type T to a String.

Field Detail

FILE

static final MarshallingStrategy<File> FILE

INTEGER

static final MarshallingStrategy<Integer> INTEGER

Method Detail

marshall

@Nullable
String marshall(@Nullable
                         T unmarshalled)

Converts the specified value of type T to a String.

Parameters:

unmarshalled - The value to be marshalled from a T to a String. May be null, in which case null is produced.

Returns:

The marshalled value of unmarshalled. null is considered to be the marshalled value of null.

Throws:

MarshallingException - Iff unmarshalled cannot be marshalled. The exception will have the subtype MarshallingException.SubType.MARSHALLING.