Package me.landmesser.simplecsv.converter

Interface CSVConverter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type which should be converted to a String or created by parsing an input String.

All Known Implementing Classes:

BigDecimalConverter, CharacterConverter, CSVDateConverter, CSVUtilDateConverter, EnumConverter, IntegerConverter, ListConverter, UtilDateConverter

public interface CSVConverter<T>

Interface for implementing a converter for type T.

Conversion in both directions has to be implemented.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	convert(T value)	Convert a value to a String representation.
T	parse(String value)	Parse a String value to retrieve an object of type T.

Method Details

convert

String convert(T value)

Convert a value to a String representation. It should be lossless, so that back conversion is possible without loss of information. However, this is not required.

Parameters:

value - the value of Type T to convert. May be null

Returns:

a String representation e.g. Object.toString()

parse

T parse(String value) throws CSVConversionException

Parse a String value to retrieve an object of type T.

Parameters:

value - the String representation coming from a CSV file.

Returns:

the converted object.

Throws:

CSVConversionException - if there is a problem while parsing the input, e.g. if the format is not recognized.