Package de.hybris.platform.odata2services.converter

Interface ValueConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractValueConverter, CollectionValueConverter, MapValueConverter, ODataCollectionValueConverter, ODataFeedValueConverter, ReplaceAttributeCollectionValueConverter, ReplaceAttributeODataCollectionValueConverter, ReplaceAttributeODataFeedValueConverter, SingularLocalizedAttributeValueConverter

public interface ValueConverter

Converter of a particular kind of ODataEntry attribue value. For example, one implementation may be responsible for converting Collection values, another one for converting ODataEntry values, etc.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	convert(@NotNull ConversionParameters parameters)	Converts ODataEntry attribute value to the value that can exist inside an IntegrationItem.
boolean	isApplicable(@NotNull ConversionParameters parameters)	Deduce based on the conversion context whether this converter can handle the attribute value or not.

Method Details

isApplicable

boolean isApplicable(@NotNull
 @NotNull ConversionParameters parameters)

Deduce based on the conversion context whether this converter can handle the attribute value or not.

Parameters:

parameters - conversion parameters carrying the context for the value conversion.

Returns:

true, if this converter is applicable to the provided conversion parameters and can handle the attribute value conversion; false otherwise.

convert

Object convert(@NotNull
 @NotNull ConversionParameters parameters)

Converts ODataEntry attribute value to the value that can exist inside an IntegrationItem. In a typical usecase, when isApplicable(ConversionParameters) returns true, only then call this method.

Parameters:

parameters - conversion context containing the attribute value and other context information. This should be same ConversionParameters, which were passed isApplicable(ConversionParameters)

Returns:

converted value.