org.restlet.engine.converter
Class ConverterUtils

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.restlet.engine.converter.ConverterUtils

public class ConverterUtils
extends Object

Utilities for the converter service.

Author:
Jerome Louvel

Method Summary
protected static List<VariantInfo> addVariant(List<VariantInfo> variants, VariantInfo variant)
          Adds a variant to the given list.
static ConverterHelper getBestHelper(Object source, Variant target, UniformResource resource)
          Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.
static
<T> ConverterHelper
getBestHelper(Representation source, Class<T> target, UniformResource resource)
          Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.
static List<VariantInfo> getVariants(Class<?> sourceClass, Variant targetVariant)
          Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

addVariant

protected static List<VariantInfo> addVariant(List<VariantInfo> variants,
                                              VariantInfo variant)
Adds a variant to the given list.

Parameters:
variants - The list to update.
variant - The variant info to add.
Returns:
The updated list.

getVariants

public static List<VariantInfo> getVariants(Class<?> sourceClass,
                                            Variant targetVariant)
Returns the list of variants that can be converted from a given object class.

Parameters:
sourceClass - The source class.
targetVariant - The expected representation metadata.
Returns:
The list of variants that can be converted.

getBestHelper

public static ConverterHelper getBestHelper(Object source,
                                            Variant target,
                                            UniformResource resource)
Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.

Parameters:
source - The object to convert to a representation.
target - The target representation variant.
resource - The optional parent resource.
Returns:
The matched converter helper or null.

getBestHelper

public static <T> ConverterHelper getBestHelper(Representation source,
                                                Class<T> target,
                                                UniformResource resource)
Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.

Type Parameters:
T - The target class.
Parameters:
source - The source representation variant.
target - The target class.
resource - The parent resource.
Returns:
The matched converter helper or null.


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