ContentTypeConverter (axon-data-protection-core 4.5.1 API)

Type Parameters:

S - The expected source type

T - The output type

All Known Implementing Classes:

BlobToInputStreamConverter, ByteArrayToInputStreamConverter, ByteArrayToJsonNodeConverter, ByteArrayToStringConverter, ChainedConverter, Dom4JToByteArrayConverter, InputStreamToByteArrayConverter, InputStreamToDom4jConverter, InputStreamToXomConverter, JsonNodeToByteArrayConverter, StringToByteArrayConverter, XomToStringConverter
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public interface ContentTypeConverter<S,T>
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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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`convert(S original)`	Converts the given object into another.
`Class<S>`	`expectedSourceType()`	The expected type of input data.
`Class<T>`	`targetType()`	The returned type of IntermediateRepresentation

- Method Detail
  - expectedSourceType
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Class<S> expectedSourceType()
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    The expected type of input data.
    
    Returns:
    
    the expected data format in IntermediateRepresentation
  - targetType
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Class<T> targetType()
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    The returned type of IntermediateRepresentation
    
    Returns:
    
    the output data format in IntermediateRepresentation
  - convert
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T convert(S original)
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    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