net.sf.saxon.expr
Class PJConverter.General

java.lang.Object
  extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.PJConverter
      extended by net.sf.saxon.expr.PJConverter.General
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
Enclosing class:
PJConverter

public static class PJConverter.General
extends PJConverter

General-purpose converter when nothing more specific is available. (Provided largely as a transition aid)

See Also:
Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.PJConverter
PJConverter.AnyURIValueToURI, PJConverter.AnyURIValueToURL, PJConverter.Atomic, PJConverter.BooleanValueToBoolean, PJConverter.CalendarValueToCalendar, PJConverter.CalendarValueToDate, PJConverter.General, PJConverter.Identity, PJConverter.IntegerValueToBigInteger, PJConverter.IntegerValueToByte, PJConverter.IntegerValueToChar, PJConverter.IntegerValueToInt, PJConverter.IntegerValueToLong, PJConverter.IntegerValueToShort, PJConverter.NumericValueToBigDecimal, PJConverter.NumericValueToDouble, PJConverter.NumericValueToFloat, PJConverter.QualifiedNameValueToQName, PJConverter.StringValueToChar, PJConverter.StringValueToString, PJConverter.ToArray, PJConverter.ToCollection, PJConverter.ToNull, PJConverter.ToSequenceExtent, PJConverter.ToSequenceIterator, PJConverter.UnwrapExternalObject
 
Field Summary
static PJConverter.General INSTANCE
           
 
Constructor Summary
PJConverter.General()
           
 
Method Summary
 Object convert(ValueRepresentation<? extends Item> value, Class targetClass, XPathContext context)
          Convert an XPath value to a Java value of a specified class
 
Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.PJConverter
allocate, allocateNodeListCreator, getEquivalentItemType
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final PJConverter.General INSTANCE
Constructor Detail

PJConverter.General

public PJConverter.General()
Method Detail

convert

public Object convert(ValueRepresentation<? extends Item> value,
                      Class targetClass,
                      XPathContext context)
               throws XPathException
Description copied from class: PJConverter
Convert an XPath value to a Java value of a specified class

Specified by:
convert in class PJConverter
Parameters:
value - the supplied XPath value
targetClass - the class of the required Java value
context - the XPath dynamic context
Returns:
the corresponding Java value, which is guaranteed to be an instance of the target class (except that an empty sequence is converted to null)
Throws:
XPathException - if the conversion is not possible or fails


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