PropertySerializer (PMD Core 7.0.0-rc4 API)

java.lang.Object
- net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.PropertySerializer<T>

public abstract class PropertySerializer<T>
extends Object

Strategy to serialize a value to and from strings.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract T`	`fromString(@NonNull String attributeData)`	Read the value from a string, if it is supported.
`abstract List<PropertyConstraint<? super T>>`	`getConstraints()`	Returns the constraints that this mapper applies to values after parsing them.
`abstract @NonNull String`	`toString(T value)`	Format the value to a string.
`PropertySerializer<T>`	`withConstraint(PropertyConstraint<? super T> t)`	Returns a new XML mapper that will check parsed values with the given constraint.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - getConstraints
```
public abstract List<PropertyConstraint<? super T>> getConstraints()
```
    Returns the constraints that this mapper applies to values after parsing them. This may be used for documentation, or to check a constraint on a value that was not parsed from XML.
  - withConstraint
```
public PropertySerializer<T> withConstraint(PropertyConstraint<? super T> t)
```
    Returns a new XML mapper that will check parsed values with the given constraint.
  - fromString
```
public abstract T fromString(@NonNull String attributeData)
```
    Read the value from a string, if it is supported.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if something goes wrong (but should be reported on the error reporter)
  - toString
```
public abstract @NonNull String toString(T value)
```
    Format the value to a string.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if something goes wrong (but should be reported on the error reporter)