org.eclipse.xtext.conversion.impl

Class EFactoryValueConverter

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.xtext.conversion.impl.EFactoryValueConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IValueConverter<java.lang.Object>

public class EFactoryValueConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements IValueConverter<java.lang.Object>

A value converter that delegates to the EFactory of a EDataType.

Author:

Jan Koehnlein - Initial contribution and API

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.eclipse.xtext.conversion.IValueConverter

IValueConverter.RuleSpecific

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.xtext.conversion.IValueConverter

NO_OP_CONVERTER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EFactoryValueConverter(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EDataType dataType)

Method Summary

Methods

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EFactoryValueConverter

public EFactoryValueConverter(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EDataType dataType)

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: IValueConverter

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

Specified by:

toString in interface IValueConverter<java.lang.Object>

Parameters:

value - the to-be-transformed value

Returns:

a string represenation for that value.

toValue

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

Description copied from interface: IValueConverter

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.

Specified by:

toValue in interface IValueConverter<java.lang.Object>

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.