TypeConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

TypeConverterImpl, TypeConverterImpl.TypeConverterListBase, TypeConverterImpl.TypeConverterMapBase, TypeConverterImpl.TypeConverterPlaceHolderImpl
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public interface TypeConverter
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A ManagedEntity is one of the pre-defined Open MBean types: SimpleType, ObjectName, TabularData, or CompositeData.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`fromManagedEntity(java.lang.Object entity)`	Convert from a ManagedEntity to a problem-domain Object.
`EvaluatedType`	`getDataType()`	Java generic type of attribute in problem-domain Object.
`javax.management.openmbean.OpenType`	`getManagedType()`	Open MBeans Open Type for management domain object.
`boolean`	`isIdentity()`	Returns true if this TypeConverter is an identity transformation.
`java.lang.Object`	`toManagedEntity(java.lang.Object obj)`	Convert from a problem-domain Object obj to a managed entity.

- Method Detail
  - getDataType
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EvaluatedType getDataType()
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    Java generic type of attribute in problem-domain Object.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Java type that this TypeConverter handles.
  - getManagedType
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javax.management.openmbean.OpenType getManagedType()
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    Open MBeans Open Type for management domain object.
    
    Returns:
    
    The OpenType that this TypeConverter handles.
  - toManagedEntity
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java.lang.Object toManagedEntity(java.lang.Object obj)
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    Convert from a problem-domain Object obj to a managed entity.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - The Java object to be converted to an open type.
    
    Returns:
    
    The resulting open type.
  - fromManagedEntity
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java.lang.Object fromManagedEntity(java.lang.Object entity)
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    Convert from a ManagedEntity to a problem-domain Object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - The managed entity to be converted to a java type.
    
    Returns:
    
    The resulting java type.
  - isIdentity
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boolean isIdentity()
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    Returns true if this TypeConverter is an identity transformation.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if this TypeConverter is an identity transformation.