public class InputConversionEngine
extends Object
This class is responsible for converting strings to objects of a particular
class. It is used to convert command arguments into objects to be passed to
the corresponding method. The current implementation is very simple, dealing
only with built in types, or types with constructors which take a string. It
would be possible to add back in the cliche functionality which allowed extra
input converters to be registered with the input conversion engine.
Note that in a distributed system argument conversion is only done on the
remote (server) end, so any special classes used for arguments only need to
be present on the remote (server). In CCS terminology this means that the
classes only need to be present in the subsystem.
- Author:
- tonyj