org.axonframework.serializer
Interface ContentTypeConverter<S,T>

Type Parameters:

S - The expected source type

T - The output type

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContentTypeConverter, BlobToInputStreamConverter, ByteArrayToInputStreamConverter, ByteArrayToJsonNodeConverter, ByteArrayToStringConverter, ChainedConverter, DBObjectToStringContentTypeConverter, DBObjectToStringContentTypeConverter, Dom4JToByteArrayConverter, InputStreamToByteArrayConverter, InputStreamToDom4jConverter, InputStreamToXomConverter, JsonNodeToByteArrayConverter, StringToByteArrayConverter, StringToDBObjectContentTypeConverter, StringToDBObjectContentTypeConverter, XomToStringConverter

public interface ContentTypeConverter<S,T>

Interface describing a mechanism that converts the data type of IntermediateRepresentations of SerializedObjects for Upcasters. Different upcasters may require different data type (e.g. byte[] or InputStream), or may produce a different data type than they consume.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Allard Buijze

Method Summary

T	convert(S original) Converts the given object into another.
SerializedObject<T>	convert(SerializedObject<S> original) Converts the data format of the given original IntermediateRepresentation to the target data type.
Class<S>	expectedSourceType() The expected type of input data.
Class<T>	targetType() The returned type of IntermediateRepresentation

Method Detail

expectedSourceType

Class<S> expectedSourceType()

The expected type of input data.

Returns:

the expected data format in IntermediateRepresentation

targetType

Class<T> targetType()

The returned type of IntermediateRepresentation

Returns:

the output data format in IntermediateRepresentation

convert

SerializedObject<T> convert(SerializedObject<S> original)

Converts the data format of the given original IntermediateRepresentation to the target data type.

Parameters:

original - The source to convert

Returns:

the converted representation

convert

T convert(S original)

Converts the given object into another. Typically, these values are contained by a SerializedObject instance.

Parameters:

original - the value to convert

Returns:

the converted value