Interface Transform<T>

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      T read​(java.lang.String value)
      This method is used to convert the string value given to an appropriate representation.
      java.lang.String write​(T value)
      This method is used to convert the provided value into an XML usable format.
    • Method Detail

      • read

        T read​(java.lang.String value)
        throws java.lang.Exception
        This method is used to convert the string value given to an appropriate representation. This is used when an object is being deserialized from the XML document and the value for the string representation is required.
        Parameters:
        value - this is the string representation of the value
        Returns:
        this returns an appropriate instanced to be used
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception
      • write

        java.lang.String write​(T value)
                        throws java.lang.Exception
        This method is used to convert the provided value into an XML usable format. This is used in the serialization process when there is a need to convert a field value in to a string so that that value can be written as a valid XML entity.
        Parameters:
        value - this is the value to be converted to a string
        Returns:
        this is the string representation of the given value
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception