org.junit.jupiter.params.converter

Interface ArgumentConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationBasedArgumentConverter, DefaultArgumentConverter, JavaTimeArgumentConverter, SimpleArgumentConverter, TypedArgumentConverter

@API(status=STABLE,
     since="5.7")
public interface ArgumentConverter

ArgumentConverter is an abstraction that allows an input object to be converted to an instance of a different class.

Such an ArgumentConverter is applied to the method parameter of a @ParameterizedTest method with the help of a @ConvertWith annotation.

Implementations must provide a no-args constructor and should not make any assumptions regarding when they are instantiated or how often they are called. Since instances may potentially be cached and called from different threads, they should be thread-safe and designed to be used as singletons.

Extend SimpleArgumentConverter if your implementation only needs to know the target type and does not need access to the ParameterContext to perform the conversion.

Extend TypedArgumentConverter if your implementation always converts from a given source type into a given target type and does not need access to the ParameterContext to perform the conversion.

Since:

5.0

See Also:

SimpleArgumentConverter, ParameterizedTest, ConvertWith, AnnotationConsumer, SimpleArgumentConverter, TypedArgumentConverter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	convert(java.lang.Object source, ParameterContext context) Convert the supplied source object according to the supplied context.

Method Detail

convert

java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object source,
                         ParameterContext context)
                  throws ArgumentConversionException

Convert the supplied source object according to the supplied context.

Parameters:

source - the source object to convert; may be null

context - the parameter context where the converted object will be used; never null

Returns:

the converted object; may be null but only if the target type is a reference type

Throws:

ArgumentConversionException - if an error occurs during the conversion