Package com.tangosol.coherence.jcache.common

Interface InternalConverter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of value to convert

All Known Implementing Classes:

CoherenceConverterAdapter, ReferenceInternalConverter, SerializingInternalConverter

public interface InternalConverter<T>

Converts values of a specified type to and from an internal representation.

InternalConverters are typically used convert cache keys and values to and from an appropriate internal representation.

The internal representation is declared as an Object as the type is typically unknown until runtime.

Since:

Coherence 12.1.3

Author:

bo 2013.11.24

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	fromInternal(Object object)	Converts an internal representation of a value to a value.
Object	toInternal(T value)	Converts a value to an internal representation.

Method Detail

toInternal

Object toInternal(T value)

Converts a value to an internal representation.

Parameters:

value - the value to convert

Returns:

an internal representation of the value

fromInternal

T fromInternal(Object object)

Converts an internal representation of a value to a value.

Parameters:

object - the internal representation of the value

Returns:

the value