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'databene commons' is an open source Java library by Volker Bergmann.
It provides extensions to the Java core library by utility classes, abstract concepts
and concrete implementations.
/*
* Copyright (C) 2004-2015 Volker Bergmann ([email protected]).
* All rights reserved.
*
* 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.databene.commons.converter;
import java.text.Format;
import org.databene.commons.ConversionException;
/**
* Converts an object to a String by using a java.lang.Format object's format() method.
* Created: 30.08.2006 19:43:09
* @param the object type to convert from
* @since 0.1
* @author Volker Bergmann
*/
public class FormatFormatConverter extends FormatBasedConverter {
/**
* Constructor that initializes the format object.
* @param sourceType the type to convert from
* @param format the format object to use.
* @param threadSafe tells if the instance is thread safe
*/
public FormatFormatConverter(Class sourceType, Format format, boolean threadSafe) {
super(sourceType, String.class, format, threadSafe);
}
/**
* Converts an object to a String by using the format's format() method.
* @see org.databene.commons.Converter
*/
@Override
public synchronized String convert(S source) {
try {
return format.format(source);
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new ConversionException("Conversion failed for value: " + source, e);
}
}
}