org.eclipse.xtext.conversion
Interface IValueConverter<Type>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractIDValueConverter, AbstractLexerBasedConverter, AbstractNullSafeConverter, AbstractRichTextValueConverter, AbstractToStringConverter, AbstractValueConverter, DefaultTerminalConverter, EFactoryValueConverter, IDValueConverter, IgnoreCaseIDValueConverter, INTValueConverter, KeywordAlternativeConverter, KeywordBasedValueConverter, QualifiedNameValueConverter, RichTextEndValueConverter, RichTextInBetweenValueConverter, RichTextStartValueConverter, RichTextValueConverter, SingleQuotedStringConverter, StaticQualifierValueConverter, STRINGValueConverter

public interface IValueConverter<Type>

A ValueConverter is used to create a semantic value from an input string or node and vice versa.

Author:

Sven Efftinge - Initial contribution and API

Nested Class Summary

static interface

IValueConverter.RuleSpecific Value converters that rely on information about the actual rule that is converted, may implement this interface.

Field Summary

static IValueConverter<? extends java.lang.Object>

NO_OP_CONVERTER

Method Summary

java.lang.String	toString(Type value) Transforms the given value to a string that is conformant to the expected terminal or data type rule.
Type	toValue(java.lang.String string, INode node) Creates a value from the given input.

Field Detail

NO_OP_CONVERTER

static final IValueConverter<? extends java.lang.Object> NO_OP_CONVERTER

Method Detail

toValue

Type toValue(java.lang.String string,
             INode node)
             throws ValueConverterException

Creates a value from the given input. The input is conformant to a data type or terminal rule.

The given string or node may be null but not both of them.

Parameters:

string - the string that was inferred from the node. Usually the node's text but may be reduced to the parts of the node that are not hidden.

node - the parsed node including hidden parts.

Returns:

the new value or null.

Throws:

ValueConverterException - indicates that the string or node did not fulfil the expected format.

toString

java.lang.String toString(Type value)
                          throws ValueConverterException

Transforms the given value to a string that is conformant to the expected terminal or data type rule.

Parameters:

value - the to-be-transformed value

Returns:

a string represenation for that value.

Throws:

ValueConverterException - indicates that the value cannot be converted to a valid string.