ArgumentType

Type Parameters:

T - Type this object convert to.

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanArgumentType, CaseInsensitiveEnumArgumentType, CaseInsensitiveEnumNameArgumentType, CaseInsensitiveEnumStringArgumentType, ConstructorArgumentType, EnumArgumentType, EnumStringArgumentType, FileArgumentType, PathArgumentType, ReflectArgumentType, StringArgumentType
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public interface ArgumentType<T>
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This interface defines type conversion method.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`convert(ArgumentParser parser, Argument arg, java.lang.String value)`	Converts `value` to appropriate type.

- Method Detail
  - convert
```
T convert(ArgumentParser parser,
          Argument arg,
          java.lang.String value)
   throws ArgumentParserException
```
    Converts value to appropriate type.
    
    If the objects derived from RuntimeException are thrown in conversion because of invalid input from command line, subclass must catch these exceptions and wrap them in ArgumentParserException and give simple error message to explain what happened briefly.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parser - The parser.
    
    arg - The argument this type attached to.
    
    value - The attribute value.
    
    Returns:
    
    Converted object.
    
    Throws:
    
    ArgumentParserException - If conversion fails.