com.sun.appserv.management.util.misc
Interface ValuePersister

All Known Implementing Classes:

StringValuePersister

public interface ValuePersister

Interface useful for persisting values using String. Implementors of this interface must be able to convert the value to a String and convert a String to its corresponding Object.

Method Summary

Object	asObject(String theString) Convert the String to a corresponding Object
String	asString(Object value) Convert the Object to a String representation

Method Detail

asString

String asString(Object value)

Convert the Object to a String representation

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

a String representation of the Object

asObject

Object asObject(String theString)

Convert the String to a corresponding Object

Parameters:

theString - the String to use

Returns:

the corresponding Object representation