001/*
002 *  Copyright 2010, 2011 Chris Pheby
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 *  limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.jadira.bindings.core.provider;
017
018import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
019import java.lang.reflect.Method;
020
021import org.jadira.bindings.core.annotation.typesafe.FromString;
022import org.jadira.bindings.core.annotation.typesafe.ToString;
023import org.jadira.bindings.core.spi.ConverterProvider;
024
025/**
026 * Provider that is aware of {@link org.jadira.bindings.core.annotation.typesafe.ToString} and {@link org.jadira.bindings.core.annotation.typesafe.FromString} annotations
027 */
028public class StringConverterProvider extends AbstractAnnotationMatchingConverterProvider<ToString, FromString> implements ConverterProvider {
029        
030        /**
031         * Subclasses can override this template method with their own matching strategy
032         * @param method The method to be determined
033         * @return True if match
034         */
035        protected boolean isToMatch(Method method) {
036                return String.class.equals(method.getReturnType());
037        }
038
039        /**
040         * Subclasses can override this template method with their own matching strategy
041         * @param constructor The constructor to be determined
042         * @return True if match
043         */
044        protected boolean isFromMatch(Constructor<?> constructor) {
045                return String.class.equals(constructor.getParameterTypes()[0]);
046        }
047
048        /**
049         * Subclasses can override this template method with their own matching strategy
050         * @param method The method to be determined
051         * @return True if match
052         */
053        protected boolean isFromMatch(Method method) {
054                return String.class.equals(method.getParameterTypes()[0]);
055        }
056}