org.ldaptive.beans.reflect

Interface ReflectionTranscoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollectionReflectionTranscoder, ArrayReflectionTranscoder, DefaultReflectionTranscoder, ListReflectionTranscoder, SetReflectionTranscoder, SingleValueReflectionTranscoder

public interface ReflectionTranscoder

Interface for reflection based transcoders.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	decodeBinaryValues(Collection<byte[]> values) Decodes the supplied values into an object.
Object	decodeStringValues(Collection<String> values) Decodes the supplied values into an object.
Collection<byte[]>	encodeBinaryValues(Object value) Encodes the supplied value into one or more byte arrays for use in an attribute.
Collection<String>	encodeStringValues(Object value) Encodes the supplied value into one or more strings for use in an attribute.
Class<?>	getType() Returns the type produced by this transcoder.
boolean	supports(Class<?> type) Returns whether this transcoder can convert object of the supplied type.

Method Detail

decodeStringValues

Object decodeStringValues(Collection<String> values)

Decodes the supplied values into an object.

Parameters:

values - to decode

Returns:

object initialized with the values

decodeBinaryValues

Object decodeBinaryValues(Collection<byte[]> values)

Decodes the supplied values into an object.

Parameters:

values - to decode

Returns:

object initialized with the values

encodeStringValues

Collection<String> encodeStringValues(Object value)

Encodes the supplied value into one or more strings for use in an attribute.

Parameters:

value - containing data to encode as strings

Returns:

string attribute values

encodeBinaryValues

Collection<byte[]> encodeBinaryValues(Object value)

Encodes the supplied value into one or more byte arrays for use in an attribute.

Parameters:

value - containing data to encode as byte arrays

Returns:

binary attribute values

getType

Class<?> getType()

Returns the type produced by this transcoder.

Returns:

type produced by this transcoder

supports

boolean supports(Class<?> type)

Returns whether this transcoder can convert object of the supplied type.

Parameters:

type - of object

Returns:

whether the supplied type can be converted