1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package net.sf.ezmorph.object;
18
19 import net.sf.ezmorph.ObjectMorpher;
20
21 /**
22 * Base class for ObjectMorpher implementations.
23 *
24 * @author Andres Almiray <aalmiray@users.sourceforge.net>
25 */
26 public abstract class AbstractObjectMorpher implements ObjectMorpher
27 {
28 private boolean useDefault;
29
30 public AbstractObjectMorpher()
31 {
32
33 }
34
35 /**
36 * @param useDefault if morph() should return a default value if the value to
37 * be morphed is null
38 */
39 public AbstractObjectMorpher( boolean useDefault )
40 {
41 this.useDefault = useDefault;
42 }
43
44 /**
45 * Returns if this morpher will use a default value.
46 */
47 public boolean isUseDefault()
48 {
49 return useDefault;
50 }
51
52 /**
53 * Sets if this morpher will use a default value.
54 */
55 public void setUseDefault( boolean useDefault )
56 {
57 this.useDefault = useDefault;
58 }
59
60 /**
61 * Returns true if the Morpher supports conversion from this Class.<br>
62 * Supports any type that is not an Array.
63 *
64 * @param clazz the source Class
65 * @return true if clazz is supported by this morpher, false otherwise.
66 */
67 public boolean supports( Class clazz )
68 {
69 return !clazz.isArray();
70 }
71 }