ConverterMatcher

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher

Known Indirect Subclasses

AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter, AbstractBasicConverter, AbstractCollectionConverter, AbstractReflectionConverter, AbstractSingleValueConverter, AnnotationReflectionConverter, ArrayConverter, BigDecimalConverter, BigIntegerConverter, BitSetConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteConverter, CGLIBEnhancedConverter, CharArrayConverter, CharConverter, and 55 others.

AbstractAttributedCharacterIteratorAttributeConverter	An abstract converter implementation for constants of AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute and derived types.
AbstractBasicConverter	This class is deprecated. Since 1.2 use `AbstractSingleValueConverter`
AbstractCollectionConverter	Base helper class for converters that need to handle collections of items (arrays, Lists, Maps, etc).
AbstractReflectionConverter
AbstractSingleValueConverter	Base abstract implementation of `SingleValueConverter`.
AnnotationReflectionConverter	This class is deprecated. since 1.3, build into `ReflectionConverter`
ArrayConverter	Converts an array of objects or primitives to XML, using a nested child element for each item.
BigDecimalConverter	Converts a java.math.BigDecimal to a String, retaining its precision.
BigIntegerConverter	Converts a java.math.BigInteger to a String.
BitSetConverter	Converts a java.util.BitSet to XML, as a compact comma delimited list of ones and zeros.
BooleanConverter	Converts a boolean primitive or java.lang.Boolean wrapper to a String.
ByteConverter	Converts a byte primitive or java.lang.Byte wrapper to a String.
CGLIBEnhancedConverter	Converts a proxy created by the CGLIB Enhancer.
CharArrayConverter	Converts a char[] to XML, storing the contents as a single String.
CharConverter	Converts a char primitive or java.lang.Character wrapper to a String.
CharsetConverter	Converts a java.nio.charset.Carset to a string.
CollectionConverter	Converts most common Collections (Lists and Sets) to XML, specifying a nested element for each item.
ColorConverter	Converts a java.awt.Color to XML, using four nested elements: red, green, blue, alpha.
Converter	Converter implementations are responsible marshalling Java objects to/from textual data.
CurrencyConverter	Converts a java.util.Currency to String.
DateConverter	Converts a java.util.Date to a String as a date format, retaining precision down to milliseconds.
DoubleConverter	Converts a double primitive or java.lang.Double wrapper to a String.
DurationConverter	A Converter for the XML Schema datatype duration and the Java type javax.xml.datatype.Duration Duration.
DynamicProxyConverter	Converts a dynamic proxy to XML, storing the implemented interfaces and handler.
EncodedByteArrayConverter	Converts a byte array to a single Base64 encoding string.
EnumConverter	Converter for JDK 1.5 enums.
EnumMapConverter	Serializes an Java 5 EnumMap, including the type of Enum it's for.
EnumSetConverter	Serializes a Java 5 EnumSet.
EnumSingleValueConverter	A single value converter for arbitrary enums.
ExternalizableConverter	Converts any object that implements the java.io.Externalizable interface, allowing compatibility with native Java serialization.
FileConverter	This converter will take care of storing and retrieving File with either an absolute path OR a relative path depending on how they were created.
FloatConverter	Converts a float primitive or java.lang.Float wrapper to a String.
FontConverter
GregorianCalendarConverter	Converts a java.util.GregorianCalendar to XML.
ISO8601DateConverter	A DateConverter conforming to the ISO8601 standard.
ISO8601GregorianCalendarConverter	A GregorianCalendarConverter conforming to the ISO8601 standard.
ISO8601SqlTimestampConverter	A SqlTimestampConverter conforming to the ISO8601 standard.
IntConverter	Converts an int primitive or java.lang.Integer wrapper to a String.
JavaBeanConverter	Can convert any bean with a public default constructor.
JavaClassConverter	Converts a java.lang.Class to XML.
JavaMethodConverter	Converts a java.lang.reflect.Method to XML.
LocaleConverter	Converts a java.util.Locale to a string.
LongConverter	Converts a long primitive or java.lang.Long wrapper to a String.
LookAndFeelConverter	A converter for Swing LookAndFeel implementations.
MapConverter	Converts a java.util.Map to XML, specifying an 'entry' element with 'key' and 'value' children.
NullConverter	Special converter to signify nulls at the root level.
PropertiesConverter	Special converter for java.util.Properties that stores properties in a more compact form than java.util.Map.
PropertyEditorCapableConverter	A SingleValueConverter that can utilize a PropertyEditor implementation used for a specific type.
ReflectionConverter
RegexPatternConverter	Ensures java.util.regex.Pattern is compiled upon deserialization.
SelfStreamingInstanceChecker	A special converter that prevents self-serialization.
SerializableConverter	Emulates the mechanism used by standard Java Serialization for classes that implement java.io.Serializable AND implement or inherit a custom readObject()/writeObject() method.
ShortConverter	Converts a short primitive or java.lang.Short wrapper to a String.
SingleValueConverter	SingleValueConverter implementations are marshallable to/from a single value String representation.
SingleValueConverterWrapper	Wrapper to convert a `SingleValueConverter` into a `Converter`.
SqlDateConverter	Converts a java.sql.Date to text.
SqlTimeConverter	Converts a java.sql.Time to text.
SqlTimestampConverter	Converts a java.sql.Timestamp to text.
StackTraceElementConverter	Converter for StackTraceElement (the lines of a stack trace) - JDK 1.4+ only.
StringBufferConverter	Converts the contents of a StringBuffer to XML.
StringBuilderConverter	Converts the contents of a StringBuilder to XML.
StringConverter	Converts a String to a String ;).
SubjectConverter	Converts a Subject instance.
TextAttributeConverter	A converter for TextAttribute constants.
ThrowableConverter	Converter for Throwable (and Exception) that retains stack trace, for JDK1.4 only.
ToStringConverter	Convenient converter for classes with natural string representation.
TreeMapConverter	Converts a java.util.TreeMap to XML, and serializes the associated java.util.Comparator.
TreeSetConverter	Converts a java.util.TreeSet to XML, and serializes the associated java.util.Comparator.
URLConverter	Converts a java.net.URL to a string.
UUIDConverter	Converts a java.util.UUID to a string.

Class Overview

ConverterMatcher allows to match converters to classes by determining if a given type can be converted by the converter instance. ConverterMatcher is the base interface of any converter.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract boolean	canConvert(Class type) Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Public Methods

public abstract boolean canConvert (Class type)

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Parameters

type	the Class representing the object type to be converted

Interfaces

Classes