net.time4j.engine

Interface Converter<S,T>

Type Parameters:

S - source type in other library

T - target type in Time4J

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDBCAdapter, TemporalType

public interface Converter<S,T>

Serves as bridge to temporal types of JDK or other date and time libraries.

Since:

3.24/4.20

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Specification:

All implementations must be ideally stateless or at least be immutable

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
S	from(T time4j) Converts the Time4J-type to an external type.
Class<S>	getSourceType() Obtains the type of the source.
T	translate(S source) Converts the external type to a type in Time4J.

Method Detail

translate

T translate(S source)

Converts the external type to a type in Time4J.

Parameters:

source - external object

Returns:

translated Time4J-object

Throws:

ArithmeticException - in case of numerical overflow

ChronoException - if conversion fails

from

S from(T time4j)

Converts the Time4J-type to an external type.

Parameters:

time4j - Time4J-object

Returns:

translated object of external type

Throws:

ArithmeticException - in case of numerical overflow

ChronoException - if conversion fails

getSourceType

Class<S> getSourceType()

Obtains the type of the source.

Returns:

Class

Since:

3.24/4.20