com.threerings.export
Class Stringifier<T>

java.lang.Object
  com.threerings.export.Stringifier<T>

public abstract class Stringifier<T>
extends Object

Converts objects to and from strings.

Constructor Summary

Stringifier()

Method Summary

abstract T	fromString(String string) Converts a string to an object.
static Stringifier	getStringifier(Class<?> clazz) Returns the stringifier, if any, for the specified class.
abstract String	toString(T value) Converts an object to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Stringifier

public Stringifier()

Method Detail

getStringifier

public static Stringifier getStringifier(Class<?> clazz)

Returns the stringifier, if any, for the specified class.

toString

public abstract String toString(T value)

Converts an object to a string.

fromString

public abstract T fromString(String string)
                      throws Exception

Converts a string to an object. Some failures to convert will simply return null rather than throwing an exception.

Throws:

Exception