org.openprovenance.prov.model

Class ValueConverter

java.lang.Object

org.openprovenance.prov.model.ValueConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValueConverter

public class ValueConverter
extends Object

Conversion from String to Object and vice-versa for common xsd types.

Author:

lavm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ValueConverter(ProvFactory pFactory)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	convertToJava(QualifiedName datatype, String value) Converts a string into a Java object, according to type provided.
QualifiedName	getXsdType(Object o)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ValueConverter

public ValueConverter(ProvFactory pFactory)

Method Detail

convertToJava

public Object convertToJava(QualifiedName datatype,
                   String value)

Converts a string into a Java object, according to type provided. This function does not convert to QualifiedName since this requires access to a prefix-namespace mapping.

Parameters:

datatype - any xsd datatype, provided it is not xsd:QName

value - is a String

Returns:

an object

getXsdType

public QualifiedName getXsdType(Object o)