com.iparelan.util
Interface UnmarshallingStrategy<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the value to be unmarshalled.

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileUnmarshallingStrategy, IntegerUnmarshallingStrategy

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

A strategy for parsing a value that is stored as a String.

Version:

July 2008

Author:

Greg Mattes

Field Summary

static UnmarshallingStrategy<File>	FILE
static UnmarshallingStrategy<Integer>	INTEGER

Method Summary

T	unmarshall(String marshalled) Parses the specified String as value of type T and produces the resultant object.

Field Detail

FILE

static final UnmarshallingStrategy<File> FILE

INTEGER

static final UnmarshallingStrategy<Integer> INTEGER

Method Detail

unmarshall

@Nullable
T unmarshall(@Nullable
                      String marshalled)

Parses the specified String as value of type T and produces the resultant object.

Parameters:

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

Returns:

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

Throws:

RuntimeException - Iff marshalled cannot be unmarshalled. The particular type of exception depends on the context in which this method is defined.