org.jfree.xml.attributehandlers
Interface AttributeHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:
BooleanAttributeHandler, ByteAttributeHandler, CharacterAttributeHandler, DoubleAttributeHandler, FloatAttributeHandler, IntegerAttributeHandler, LongAttributeHandler, ShortAttributeHandler, StringAttributeHandler

public interface AttributeHandler

An attribute handler is an object that can transform an object into a string or vice versa.


Method Summary
 java.lang.String toAttributeValue(java.lang.Object o)
          Converts an object to an attribute value.
 java.lang.Object toPropertyValue(java.lang.String s)
          Converts a string to a property value.
 

Method Detail

toAttributeValue

java.lang.String toAttributeValue(java.lang.Object o)
Converts an object to an attribute value.

Parameters:
o - the object.
Returns:
the attribute value.

toPropertyValue

java.lang.Object toPropertyValue(java.lang.String s)
Converts a string to a property value.

Parameters:
s - the string.
Returns:
a property value.