Facility for registering custom Converter implementations. Also contains a utility method
that converts a value using one of the registered Converters.
public static function addConverter(type:Class, converter:Converter):void
Registers a Converter for the specified class.
Converters will be used for automatic type conversion when setting property values
with Spicelib Property instances or invoking methods with Spicelib Method instances.
Parameters
| type:Class — the class for which to register the Converter
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| converter:Converter — the Converter instance to be used for the specified type
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public static function convert(value:*, targetType:Class):*
Converts the given value to the specified target type.
If no conversion is necessary the value will be returned unchanged.
Otherwise this method will look for a matching Converter
instance and try to convert the value.
Parameters
| value:* — the value to convert
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| targetType:Class — the type to convert the value to
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Returns
Throws
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public static function getConverter(type:Class):Converter
Returns the Converter registered for the specified class.
Parameters
| type:Class — the class for which to return the registered Converter
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Returns
| Converter —
the Converter registered for the specified class or null if no Converter has been
registered for that class
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