A factory that vends ValueModels that convert types, for example Dates to Strings. More formally, a converting ValueModel
VM1 converts the type
T2 of an object being held as a value in one ValueModel
VM2 into another type
T1. When reading a value from VM1, instances of T2 are read from VM2 and are converted to T1. When storing a new value to VM1, the type converter will perform the inverse conversion and will convert an instance of T1 to T2.
Type converters should be used judiciously and only to bridge two ValueModels. To bind non-Strings to a text UI component you should better use a {@link javax.swing.JFormattedTextField}. They provide a more powerful means to convert strings to objects and handle many cases that arise around invalid input. See also the classes {@link net.helipilot50.stocktrade.displayproject.binding.adapter.Bindings} and {@link net.helipilot50.stocktrade.displayproject.binding.adapter.BasicComponentFactory} on how to bind ValueModels to formatted text fields.
The inner converter implementations have a 'public' visibility to enable reflection access.
@author Karsten Lentzsch
@version $Revision: 1.14 $
@see ValueModel
@see Format
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