/*
* Copyright 2007 Ralf Joachim
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.castor.cpa.persistence.convertor;
/**
* Abstract base class to convert from one type to another.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:ralf DOT joachim AT syscon DOT eu">Ralf Joachim</a>
* @version $Revision: 7134 $ $Date: 2006-04-25 15:08:23 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $
* @since 1.1.3
*/
public abstract class AbstractTypeConvertor implements TypeConvertor {
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** The type being converted from. */
private final Class<?> _fromType;
/** The type being converted to. */
private final Class<?> _toType;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Construct a Converter between given fromType an toType.
*
* @param fromType The type being converted from.
* @param toType The type being converted to.
*/
public AbstractTypeConvertor(final Class<?> fromType, final Class<?> toType) {
_fromType = fromType;
_toType = toType;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public final Object clone() {
try {
return super.clone();
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
throw new IllegalStateException(ex.getMessage());
}
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public final Class<?> fromType() { return _fromType; }
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public final Class<?> toType() { return _toType; }
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public final String toString() {
return _fromType.getName() + "-->" + _toType.getName();
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
}