com.abstractics.utils.converter
Class ConverterFont

java.lang.Object
  com.abstractics.utils.converter.ConverterFont

All Implemented Interfaces:

ObjectConverter

public class ConverterFont

extends java.lang.Object

implements ObjectConverter

Converts the given object into a String via the toString() method and then converts the String into a java.awt.Font object.
Fonts are specified in FontName,Style,Size order. Spaces and dashes can also be used instead of commas.
FontName can be any valid Swing font name. If not provided, defaults to "dialog".
Style should be either plain, bold, italic, or bolditalic. If not provided, defaults to plain.
Size should be a valid decimal number. If not provided, defaults to 12.

Version:

$Id: ConverterFont.java,v 1.2 2006/03/15 05:37:30 andyman99 Exp $

Author:

Andrew Lawrence, Copyright 2006 Abstractics, L.L.C., Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0

See Also:

Font.decode(java.lang.String)

Constructor Summary

ConverterFont()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object obj, java.util.Locale locale) Converts to a Font using the Font.decode method
java.lang.Class	getClassToConvertTo() Returns java.awt.Font

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConverterFont

public ConverterFont()

Method Detail

getClassToConvertTo

public java.lang.Class getClassToConvertTo()

Returns java.awt.Font

Specified by:

getClassToConvertTo in interface ObjectConverter

Returns:

The class that this converter converts to

See Also:

com.abstractics.xmlpanel.utils.stringtoobject.ObjectConverter#getClassToConvertTo()

convert

public java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object obj,
                                java.util.Locale locale)
                         throws ObjectConverterException

Converts to a Font using the Font.decode method

Specified by:

convert in interface ObjectConverter

Parameters:

obj - Object to be converted. Guaranteed not to be null and not to already be an instanceof the Class returned by ObjectConverter.getClassToConvertTo(). Those conditions are checked before the converter is even called.

locale - The locale that is asking for the conversion. This may or may not be necessary for the conversion.

Returns:

The converted object - should NEVER return anything that is not an instanceof the class returned by ObjectConverter.getClassToConvertTo()

Throws:

ObjectConverterException - Throw this exception if the string cannot be converted, for whatever reason.

See Also:

com.abstractics.xmlpanel.utils.stringtoobject.ObjectConverter#convert(Object)