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Interface which defines a class used to convert data for a specific Java type into a String format (squeeze it), or convert from a String back into a Java type (unsqueeze).
This interface is somewhat misnamed; this is more of the GoF Strategy pattern than GoF Adaptor pattern.
Method Summary | |
java.lang.Class |
getDataClass()
Returns the class (or interface) which can be encoded by this adaptor. |
java.lang.String |
getPrefix()
Returns one or more characters, each of which will be a prefix for this adaptor. |
java.lang.String |
squeeze(DataSqueezer squeezer,
java.lang.Object data)
Converts the data object into a String. |
java.lang.Object |
unsqueeze(DataSqueezer squeezer,
java.lang.String string)
Converts a String back into an appropriate object. |
Method Detail |
public java.lang.String getPrefix()
public java.lang.Class getDataClass()
public java.lang.String squeeze(DataSqueezer squeezer, java.lang.Object data)
IOException
- if the object can't be converted.public java.lang.Object unsqueeze(DataSqueezer squeezer, java.lang.String string)
IOException
- if the String can't be converted.
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