org.lcsim.job

Interface IParameterConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ParameterConverters.BooleanArray1DConverter, ParameterConverters.BooleanConverter, ParameterConverters.DoubleArray1DConverter, ParameterConverters.DoubleArray2DConverter, ParameterConverters.DoubleConverter, ParameterConverters.ElementConverter, ParameterConverters.FileConverter, ParameterConverters.FloatArray1DConverter, ParameterConverters.FloatConverter, ParameterConverters.Hep3VectorConverter, ParameterConverters.IntegerArray1DConverter, ParameterConverters.IntegerArray2DConverter, ParameterConverters.IntegerConverter, ParameterConverters.StringArray1DConverter, ParameterConverters.StringConverter, ParameterConverters.URLConverter

public interface IParameterConverter

Interface for converting from XML to typed objects for input to LCSim Drivers.

Author:

jeremym

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	convert(JDOMExpressionFactory factory, org.jdom.Element parameterElement) Convert an XML element parameter to a specific type and return as an Object.
boolean	handles(Class propertyType) This method returns true if the converter can handle the given type.

Method Detail

handles

boolean handles(Class propertyType)

This method returns true if the converter can handle the given type.

Parameters:

propertyType - The class of the parameter.

Returns:

True if converter handles the given type; False if no.

convert

Object convert(JDOMExpressionFactory factory,
             org.jdom.Element parameterElement)

Convert an XML element parameter to a specific type and return as an Object.

Parameters:

factory - The expression factory to be used for variable evaluation.

parameterElement - The XML parameter data.

Returns:

Parameter converted to specific type. Returned as generic object.