IConverter
org.eclipse.core.databinding.conversion.IConverter
This is a simple example for a converter, which converts an integer to a string:
class MyIntegerToStringConverter implements IConverter() { /** delivers the conversion result */ public Object convert(Object fromObject) { return fromObject.toString(); } /** delivers the type, which shall be converted **/ public Object getFromType() { return Integer.class; } /** delivers the type, to which shall be converted **/ public Object getToType() { return String.class; } }
In the package org.eclipse.core.internal.databinding.conversion diverse converters are already available.