com.cc.framework.convert
Interface StatefullConverter

All Superinterfaces:

Converter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateTimeConverter, NumberConverter

public interface StatefullConverter

extends Converter

Base Class for Converters that need to save their state between requests.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Harald Schulz

Method Summary

void	restoreState(RequestContext ctx, java.lang.Object obj) Perform any processing required to restore the state from the entries in the state Object.
java.lang.Object	saveState(RequestContext ctx) Gets the state of the instance as a Serializable Object.

Methods inherited from interface com.cc.framework.convert.Converter

getAsObject, getAsString

Method Detail

saveState

public java.lang.Object saveState(RequestContext ctx)

Gets the state of the instance as a Serializable Object. This method must not alter the state of the implementing object. In other words, after executing this code:

 Object state = component.saveState(ctx);
 

Component should be the same as before executing it.

Parameters:

ctx - The RequestContext object

Returns:

The return from this method must be Serializable

restoreState

public void restoreState(RequestContext ctx,
                         java.lang.Object obj)

Perform any processing required to restore the state from the entries in the state Object.

Parameters:

ctx - The RequestContext object

obj - the serialized state