com.sun.faces.application

Class ConverterPropertyEditorBase

java.lang.Object

java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

com.sun.faces.application.ConverterPropertyEditorBase

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConverterPropertyEditorFor_XXXX

public abstract class ConverterPropertyEditorBase
extends PropertyEditorSupport

Abstract base for a PropertyEditor that delegates to a faces Converter that was registered by-type in a faces-config descriptor. Concrete implementations (such as generated by ConverterPropertyEditorFactory) will override getTargetClass(). (This is based on the original ConverterPropertyEditor code).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConverterPropertyEditorBase()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAsText() Convert an object of type getTargetClass() to text by delegating to a converter obtained from the Faces Application.
protected abstract Class<?>	getTargetClass() Return the target class of the objects that are being edited.
void	setAsText(String textValue) Convert the textValue to an object of type getTargetClass() by delegating to a converter in the faces Application.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getJavaInitializationString, getSource, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, setValue, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConverterPropertyEditorBase

public ConverterPropertyEditorBase()

Method Detail

getTargetClass

protected abstract Class<?> getTargetClass()

Return the target class of the objects that are being edited. This is used as a key to find the appropriate Converter from the Faces application.

Returns:

the target class.

setAsText

public void setAsText(String textValue)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Convert the textValue to an object of type getTargetClass() by delegating to a converter in the faces Application.

Specified by:

setAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getAsText

public String getAsText()

Convert an object of type getTargetClass() to text by delegating to a converter obtained from the Faces Application.

Specified by:

getAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport