ConditionalGenericConverter

Class Overview

A generic converter that conditionally executes.

Applies a rule that determines if a converter between a set of convertible types matches given a client request to convert between a source field of convertible type S and a target field of convertible type T.

Often used to selectively match custom conversion logic based on the presence of a field or class-level characteristic, such as an annotation or method. For example, when converting from a String field to a Date field, an implementation might return true if the target field has also been annotated with @DateTimeFormat.

As another example, when converting from a String field to an Account field, an implementation might return true if the target Account class defines a public static findAccount(String) method.

Summary

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From interface org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter abstract Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) Convert the source to the targetType described by the TypeDescriptor. abstract Set<GenericConverter.ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() Return the source and target types which this converter can convert between.