T - The type of object that this delegate converts the format of.TFormatType - The class of the format object itself. This can be a base class.public abstract class TryFormatConversionCallback<T,TFormatType> extends Delegate
T from one format to
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static interface  | 
TryFormatConversionCallback.Function<T,TFormatType>
A functional interface for the containing delegate type. 
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TryFormatConversionCallback()
Creates a new instance of this delegate. 
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TryFormatConversionCallback(Class<?> targetClass,
                           String methodName,
                           Class<?>... methodParameterClasses)
Initializes a delegate that will invoke a static method on a class. 
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TryFormatConversionCallback(Object targetObject,
                           String methodName,
                           Class<?>... methodParameterClasses)
Initializes a delegate that will invoke an instance method on a class instance. 
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abstract boolean | 
invoke(T from,
      TFormatType targetFormat,
      T[] result)
A delegate to try converting a  
T from one format to
    another. | 
static <T,TFormatType> | 
of(TryFormatConversionCallback.Function<T,TFormatType> f)
Create a delegate for the given interface. 
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static <T,TFormatType> | 
of(TryFormatConversionCallback.Function<T,TFormatType> f,
  Class<?> targetClass,
  String methodName,
  Class<?>... methodParameterClasses)
Create a delegate for the given interface. 
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static <T,TFormatType> | 
of(TryFormatConversionCallback.Function<T,TFormatType> f,
  Object targetObject,
  String methodName,
  Class<?>... methodParameterClasses)
Create a delegate for the given interface. 
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public TryFormatConversionCallback()
public TryFormatConversionCallback(@Nonnull Object targetObject, @Nonnull String methodName, @Nonnull Class<?>... methodParameterClasses)
targetObject - The class instance on which the delegate will invoke the method.methodName - The name of the instance method.methodParameterClasses - The type of the parameters of the instance method.public TryFormatConversionCallback(@Nonnull Class<?> targetClass, @Nonnull String methodName, @Nonnull Class<?>... methodParameterClasses)
targetClass - The class that defines the method.methodName - The name of the static method.methodParameterClasses - The type of the parameters of the static method.public abstract boolean invoke(T from, TFormatType targetFormat, @Nonnull T[] result)
T from one format to
    another.from - The instance of T to convert.targetFormat - The TFormatType to convert to.result - On input, an array with one element. On return, the array is populated with
    
    the resulting instance of T equivalent to from, in the new
    TFormatType targetFormat.true if from could be converted to the
    requested TFormatType targetFormat; otherwise false.@Nonnull public static <T,TFormatType> TryFormatConversionCallback<T,TFormatType> of(@Nonnull TryFormatConversionCallback.Function<T,TFormatType> f)
f - The function which will be invoked.@Nonnull public static <T,TFormatType> TryFormatConversionCallback<T,TFormatType> of(@Nonnull TryFormatConversionCallback.Function<T,TFormatType> f, @Nonnull Object targetObject, @Nonnull String methodName, @Nonnull Class<?>... methodParameterClasses)
f - The function which will be invoked.targetObject - The class instance on which the delegate will invoke the method.methodName - The name of the instance method.methodParameterClasses - The type of the parameters of the instance method.@Nonnull public static <T,TFormatType> TryFormatConversionCallback<T,TFormatType> of(@Nonnull TryFormatConversionCallback.Function<T,TFormatType> f, @Nonnull Class<?> targetClass, @Nonnull String methodName, @Nonnull Class<?>... methodParameterClasses)
f - The function which will be invoked.targetClass - The class that defines the method.methodName - The name of the static method.methodParameterClasses - The type of the parameters of the static method.