com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic
Class StringConverter

java.lang.Object
  com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractBasicConverter
      com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.StringConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public class StringConverter

extends AbstractBasicConverter

Converts a String to a String ;). Well ok, it doesn't actually do any conversion.

The converter always calls intern() on the returned String to encourage the JVM to reuse instances.

Author:

Joe Walnes

See Also:

String.intern()

Constructor Summary

StringConverter()

Method Summary

boolean	canConvert(java.lang.Class type) Called by XStream to determine whether to use this converter instance to marshall a particular type.
protected java.lang.Object	fromString(java.lang.String str)

Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.AbstractBasicConverter

marshal, toString, unmarshal

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringConverter

public StringConverter()

Method Detail

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Called by XStream to determine whether to use this converter instance to marshall a particular type.

Specified by:

canConvert in interface Converter

Specified by:

canConvert in class AbstractBasicConverter

fromString

protected java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)

Specified by:

fromString in class AbstractBasicConverter