com.abstractics.utils.converter
Class ConverterRectangle

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

ObjectConverter

public class ConverterRectangle

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.Rectangle based on a String format of x,y,width,height.

For example, 0,0,100,200 translates into a rectangle at x/y 0,0 with a width of 100 and a height of 200

Version:

$Id: ConverterRectangle.java,v 1.1 2006/03/01 03:16:55 andyman99 Exp $

Author:

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

Constructor Summary

ConverterRectangle()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object obj, java.util.Locale locale)
java.lang.Class	getClassToConvertTo() Returns Rectangle class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConverterRectangle

public ConverterRectangle()

Method Detail

getClassToConvertTo

public java.lang.Class getClassToConvertTo()

Returns Rectangle class

Specified by:

getClassToConvertTo in interface ObjectConverter

Returns:

The class that this converter converts to

See Also:

ObjectConverter.getClassToConvertTo()

convert

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

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:

ObjectConverter.convert(java.lang.Object, java.util.Locale)