AbstractConverter.java

package org.nnsoft.guice.rocoto.converters;

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import static com.google.inject.matcher.Matchers.only;

import com.google.inject.Binder;
import com.google.inject.Module;
import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
import com.google.inject.spi.TypeConverter;

/**
 * A special Google Guice converter that auto binds itself to the converted type.
 *
 * @param <T> the type managed by this converter.
 */
public abstract class AbstractConverter<T>
    extends TypeLiteral<T>
    implements Module, TypeConverter
{

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public final void configure( Binder binder )
    {
        binder.convertToTypes( only( get( getRawType() ) ), this );
    }

}