org.eclipse.emfforms.spi.common.converter

Interface EStructuralFeatureValueConverterService

All Known Implementing Classes:

EStructuralFeatureValueConverterServiceImpl

public interface EStructuralFeatureValueConverterService

Since:

1.11

Author:

Mathias Schaefer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addValueConverter(EStructuralFeatureValueConverter converter) Register the given value converter.
Object	convertToLiteral(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EStructuralFeature feature, Object instance) Convert value instance to literal.
Object	convertToModelValue(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EStructuralFeature feature, String literal) Convert literal to Object.
void	removeValueConverter(EStructuralFeatureValueConverter converter) Unregister the given value converter.

Method Detail

addValueConverter

void addValueConverter(EStructuralFeatureValueConverter converter)

Register the given value converter.

Parameters:

converter - to add to the registry

removeValueConverter

void removeValueConverter(EStructuralFeatureValueConverter converter)

Unregister the given value converter.

Parameters:

converter - to remove from the registry

convertToModelValue

Object convertToModelValue(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject,
                           org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EStructuralFeature feature,
                           String literal)

Convert literal to Object.

Parameters:

eObject - of the feature (optional, can be null)

feature - target feature

literal - to convert

Returns:

converted object (null if conversion failed)

convertToLiteral

Object convertToLiteral(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject,
                        org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EStructuralFeature feature,
                        Object instance)

Convert value instance to literal.

Parameters:

eObject - (optional, can be null)

feature - source feature

instance - to convert

Returns:

converted object (commonly a string literal, null if conversion failed)