FieldConverter (appNG Parent 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

FieldConversionFactory
```
public interface FieldConverter
```
A FieldConverter is responsible for converting
1. a property of an bindclass-instance to its String-representation inside of a Datafield (see setString(FieldWrapper))
2. a parameter from a RequestContainer to its object-representation (see setObject(FieldWrapper, RequestContainer))
Author:

Matthias Müller

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`FieldConverter.DatafieldOwner`	A `DatafieldOwner` owns several `Datafield`s and also `Linkpanel`s.
`static class`	`FieldConverter.FieldDefOwner`	/** A `DatafieldOwner` owns several `FieldDef`s and also `Linkpanel`s.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Datafield`	`addField(FieldConverter.DatafieldOwner dataFieldOwner, FieldWrapper fieldWrapper)`	Creates a `Datafield` and add it to the given `FieldConverter.DatafieldOwner`, using `FieldWrapper.getStringValue()` for the `Datafield`'s value.
`void`	`reset(FieldWrapper field)`
`void`	`setObject(FieldWrapper field, RequestContainer request)`	Sets the `Object` for the given `FieldWrapper`, using the given `RequestContainer` as the parameter source.
`void`	`setString(FieldWrapper field)`	Transforms the property identified by `FieldWrapper.getBinding()` to it's `String` representation, which is used as an argument for `Datafield.setValue(String)` in `addField(DatafieldOwner, FieldWrapper)`.

- Method Detail
  - reset
```
void reset(FieldWrapper field)
```
    Parameters:
    
    field -
  - setString
```
void setString(FieldWrapper field)
```
    Transforms the property identified by FieldWrapper.getBinding() to it's String representation, which is used as an argument for Datafield.setValue(String) in addField(DatafieldOwner, FieldWrapper).
    
    Parameters:
    
    field - the FieldWrapper
    
    See Also:
    
    FieldWrapper.setStringValue(String)
  - setObject
```
void setObject(FieldWrapper field,
               RequestContainer request)
```
    Sets the Object for the given FieldWrapper, using the given RequestContainer as the parameter source.
    
    Parameters:
    
    field - the FieldWrapper
    
    request - the RequestContainer
    
    See Also:
    
    FieldWrapper.setObject(Object)
  - addField
```
Datafield addField(FieldConverter.DatafieldOwner dataFieldOwner,
                   FieldWrapper fieldWrapper)
```
    Creates a Datafield and add it to the given FieldConverter.DatafieldOwner, using FieldWrapper.getStringValue() for the Datafield's value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dataFieldOwner - the FieldWrapper
    
    fieldWrapper - the FieldWrapper
    
    Returns:
    
    the Datafield which has been added, if any