com.ca.jcs.converter.meta
Class ClassConverter

java.lang.Object
  com.ca.jcs.cfg.Vetoable
      com.ca.jcs.converter.meta.ClassConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

JSONCompoundValueClassConverter, NullValueClassConverter, VirtualFullNameHandler

public abstract class ClassConverter
extends Vetoable

Destructively convert all the attributes provided for an operation based on the metadata associated with a DataModelClass and its contained properties.

Field Summary

protected MetaObjectClassMapping	classMap
protected ConverterConfig	converterConfig

Constructor Summary

ClassConverter(ConverterConfig cfg, MetaObjectClassMapping classMap)

Method Summary

abstract void	convertFromConnector(Attributes attrs)
abstract void	convertToConnector(Attributes attrs) Create/add case.
abstract ModificationItem[]	convertToConnector(ModificationItem[] modItems) Update/modify case.
abstract boolean	isStructural() Returns true if the converter performs a change to the structure of an attribute's values, rather then just transforming individual values themselves.

Methods inherited from class com.ca.jcs.cfg.Vetoable

isVetoed, setVetoed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

classMap

protected final MetaObjectClassMapping classMap

converterConfig

protected final ConverterConfig converterConfig

Constructor Detail

ClassConverter

public ClassConverter(ConverterConfig cfg,
                      MetaObjectClassMapping classMap)

Method Detail

isStructural

public abstract boolean isStructural()

Returns true if the converter performs a change to the structure of an attribute's values, rather then just transforming individual values themselves. For instance changing Attributes representations into an alternative representation such as JSON is an example of a structural conversion.

convertToConnector

public abstract void convertToConnector(Attributes attrs)
                                 throws NamingException

Create/add case.

Throws:

NamingException

convertToConnector

public abstract ModificationItem[] convertToConnector(ModificationItem[] modItems)
                                               throws NamingException

Update/modify case.

Throws:

NamingException

convertFromConnector

public abstract void convertFromConnector(Attributes attrs)
                                   throws NamingException

Throws:

NamingException