org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.converters
Interface Converter<W>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConverter, JSON, JSON, XML, XML

public interface Converter<W>

An interface that defines an Object that can convert an instance and render it to the response or a supplied writer

Author:

Siegfried Puchbauer

Nested Class Summary

static class

Converter.CircularReferenceBehaviour

Field Summary

static String

DEFAULT_REQUEST_ENCODING

Method Summary

void	build(groovy.lang.Closure c)
void	convertAnother(Object o)
W	getWriter()
ObjectMarshaller<? extends Converter>	lookupObjectMarshaller(Object target)
void	render(HttpServletResponse response) Marshalls the target and writes it a HttpServletResponse The response will be comitted after this operation
void	render(Writer out) Marshalls the target and writes it to a java.io.Writer

Field Detail

DEFAULT_REQUEST_ENCODING

static final String DEFAULT_REQUEST_ENCODING

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

render

void render(Writer out)
            throws ConverterException

Marshalls the target and writes it to a java.io.Writer

Parameters:

out - The Writer to write to

Throws:

ConverterException

render

void render(HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ConverterException

Marshalls the target and writes it a HttpServletResponse The response will be comitted after this operation

Parameters:

response - The response to write to

Throws:

ConverterException

getWriter

W getWriter()
            throws ConverterException

Throws:

ConverterException

convertAnother

void convertAnother(Object o)
                    throws ConverterException

Throws:

ConverterException

build

void build(groovy.lang.Closure c)
           throws ConverterException

Throws:

ConverterException

lookupObjectMarshaller

ObjectMarshaller<? extends Converter> lookupObjectMarshaller(Object target)