com.ca.jcs.converter.attr
Interface AttributeConverter

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConnectorDependantAttributeConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeValueConverter, BoolAttributeConverter, BoolPropertyConverter, CommaSeparatedMultiValueFlattener, CountryPropertyConverter, CSVMultiValueFlattener, CSVMultiValuePropertyFlattener, DemoFlattenAttributeConverter, DemoFlattenPropertyConverter, DNAttributeConverter, DNPropertyConverter, EncryptAttributeConverter, EncyptPropertyConverter, EnumPropertyConverter, ForceCaseAttributeConverter, ForceCasePropertyConverter, GeneralizedTimeAttributeConverter, JavaObjectAttributeConverter, JavaObjectPropertyConverter, MapAttributeConverter, MultiValueFlattener, MultiValueFlattenerFactory, MultiValuePropertyFlattener, NumericBaseAttributeConverter, NumericBasePropertyConverter, ORedMultiValueFlattener, ORedMultiValuePropertyFlattener, PadAttributeConverter, PadPropertyConverter, PropertyConverter, RegexAttributeConverter, RegexPropertyConverter, SQLMultiValueFlattener, SQLMultiValuePropertyFlattener, StringArrayAttributeConverter, StringArrayPropertyConverter, StructuralAttributeConverter, TimeNumericPropertyConverter, TimeNumericPropertyConverter.TimeNumericAttributeConverter, TrimAttributeConverter, TrimPropertyConverter, XMLMultiValueFlattener, XMLMultiValuePropertyFlattener, XMLSQLDateTimeAttributeConverter, XMLSQLTimeAttributeConverter

public interface AttributeConverter

Destructively convert all values for an attribute.

Method Summary

void	convertFromConnector(Attribute connAttrVals)
void	convertToConnector(Attribute attrVals)
Converter	getConverter() Can be null for some structural converters.
boolean	isLossy() Returns true if the converter performs a lossy attribute value conversion
boolean	isMultiValued()
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.

Method Detail

convertToConnector

void convertToConnector(Attribute attrVals)
                        throws NamingException

Throws:

NamingException

convertFromConnector

void convertFromConnector(Attribute connAttrVals)
                          throws NamingException

Throws:

NamingException

isMultiValued

boolean isMultiValued()

isStructural

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 a multi-valued attribute into a String[] is a structural conversion.

isLossy

boolean isLossy()

Returns true if the converter performs a lossy attribute value conversion

getConverter

Converter getConverter()

Can be null for some structural converters.