Package com.tangosol.coherence.rest

Interface KeyConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultKeyConverter

public interface KeyConverter

An interface that must be implemented by key converters.

Key converters are used to convert cache entry keys to string and string representations of the keys that are used in RESTful URLs into appropriate object instance that can be used to access cache entries.

Author:

as 2011.06.08

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	fromString(String sKey)	Convert a string representation of a key into its object form.
String	toString(Object oKey)	Convert an object representation of a key into its string form.

Method Detail

fromString

Object fromString(String sKey)

Convert a string representation of a key into its object form.

Parameters:

sKey - key as a string

Returns:

key in its object form

toString

String toString(Object oKey)

Convert an object representation of a key into its string form.

Parameters:

oKey - key in its original object form

Returns:

string representation of a key