Package ortus.boxlang.runtime.dynamic.casters

Class CollectionCaster

java.lang.Object

ortus.boxlang.runtime.dynamic.casters.CollectionCaster

All Implemented Interfaces:

IBoxCaster

public class CollectionCaster
extends Object
implements IBoxCaster

I handle casting anything to a collection

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CollectionCaster()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CastAttempt<Collection<Object>>	attempt(Object object)	Tests to see if the value can be cast to a collection.
static Collection<Object>	cast(Object object)	Used to cast anything to a collection, throwing exception if we fail
static Collection<Object>	cast(Object object, Boolean fail)	Used to cast anything to a collection

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

CollectionCaster

public CollectionCaster()

Method Details

attempt

public static CastAttempt<Collection<Object>> attempt(Object object)

Tests to see if the value can be cast to a collection. Returns a CastAttempt<T> which will contain the result if casting was was successfull, or can be interogated to proceed otherwise.

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a collection

Returns:

The collection value

cast

public static Collection<Object> cast(Object object)

Used to cast anything to a collection, throwing exception if we fail

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a collection

Returns:

The collection value

cast

public static Collection<Object> cast(Object object,
 Boolean fail)

Used to cast anything to a collection

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a collection

fail - True to throw exception when failing.

Returns:

The collection value