de.xima.fc.gui.component.tagify

Class AStringListConverter

java.lang.Object

de.xima.fc.gui.component.tagify.AStringListConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IListConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

DelimitedStringListConverter, MailAddressListConverter

public abstract class AStringListConverter
extends Object
implements IListConverter

A list converter for the Tagify component. It converts a list of strings to a string by joining each string, separated by the given main delimiter.

Extend this class and override split(String) to implement the desired splitting behavior.

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AStringListConverter(char mainDelimiter)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Object>	convertToList(Object value) Converts the model value of the backing bean to a list of tags.
Object	convertToObject(List<Object> list) Converts the list of tags to the model value of the backing bean.
protected char	getMainDelimiter()
protected abstract Iterator<String>	split(String value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AStringListConverter

public AStringListConverter(char mainDelimiter)

Method Detail

convertToList

public final List<Object> convertToList(Object value)

Description copied from interface: IListConverter

Converts the model value of the backing bean to a list of tags. The items in the returned list must be compatible with the converter specified for the tagify component (UIOutput.setConverter(javax.faces.convert.Converter)).

Specified by:

convertToList in interface IListConverter

Parameters:

value - The model value, as returned by UIInput.getValue().

Returns:

A list of tags to render.

convertToObject

public final Object convertToObject(List<Object> list)

Description copied from interface: IListConverter

Converts the list of tags to the model value of the backing bean. The items in the list are of the same type as returned by the converter specified for the tagify component UIOutput.getConverter().

Specified by:

convertToObject in interface IListConverter

Parameters:

list - The current list of tags.

Returns:

The model value that will be set on the backing bean.

getMainDelimiter

protected final char getMainDelimiter()

split

protected abstract Iterator<String> split(String value)