com.ebay.xcelite.converters

Class DelimiterColumnValueConverter

java.lang.Object

com.ebay.xcelite.converters.DelimiterColumnValueConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ColumnValueConverter<String,Collection<?>>

Direct Known Subclasses:

CSVColumnValueConverter, VTColumnValueConverter

public abstract class DelimiterColumnValueConverter
extends Object
implements ColumnValueConverter<String,Collection<?>>

An abstraction of delimiter column value converter.

Author:

kharel (kharel@ebay.com)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DelimiterColumnValueConverter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<?>	deserialize(String value) Deserializes given value to a different type.
protected abstract Collection<?>	getCollection(Iterable<?> iterable) Gets the collection that will be used to store the deserialized delimited string.
protected abstract String	getDelimiter() Gets the string separator.
String	serialize(Collection<?> value) Serializes given value to a different type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DelimiterColumnValueConverter

public DelimiterColumnValueConverter()

Method Detail

serialize

public String serialize(Collection<?> value)

Description copied from interface: ColumnValueConverter

Serializes given value to a different type.

Specified by:

serialize in interface ColumnValueConverter<String,Collection<?>>

Parameters:

value - the value to serialize

Returns:

the serialized value

deserialize

public Collection<?> deserialize(String value)

Description copied from interface: ColumnValueConverter

Deserializes given value to a different type.

Specified by:

deserialize in interface ColumnValueConverter<String,Collection<?>>

Parameters:

value - the value to deserialize

Returns:

the deserialized value

getDelimiter

protected abstract String getDelimiter()

Gets the string separator.

Returns:

the delimiter string

getCollection

protected abstract Collection<?> getCollection(Iterable<?> iterable)

Gets the collection that will be used to store the deserialized delimited string.

Parameters:

iterable - an iteration over the segments split

Returns:

a collection generated from the splitted string iterable