DefaultArgumentConverter (JUnit 5.1.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.junit.jupiter.params.converter.SimpleArgumentConverter
- - org.junit.jupiter.params.converter.DefaultArgumentConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ArgumentConverter
```
@API(status=INTERNAL,
     since="5.0")
public class DefaultArgumentConverter
extends SimpleArgumentConverter
```
DefaultArgumentConverter is the default implementation of the ArgumentConverter API.
The DefaultArgumentConverter is able to convert from strings to a number of primitive types and their corresponding wrapper types (Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, and Double), date and time types from the java.time package, and some additional common Java types such as File, BigDecimal, BigInteger, Currency, Locale, URI, URL, UUID, etc.
If the source and target types are identical the source object will not be modified.

Since:

5.0

See Also:

ArgumentConverter

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static DefaultArgumentConverter INSTANCE

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected java.lang.Object`	`convert(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.Class<?> targetType)`	Convert the supplied `source` object into to the supplied `targetType`.

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

Methods inherited from class org.junit.jupiter.params.converter.SimpleArgumentConverter
convert

- Field Detail
  - INSTANCE
```
public static final DefaultArgumentConverter INSTANCE
```
- Method Detail
  - convert
```
protected java.lang.Object convert(java.lang.Object source,
                                   java.lang.Class<?> targetType)
```
    Description copied from class: SimpleArgumentConverter
    
    Convert the supplied source object into to the supplied targetType.
    
    Specified by:
    
    convert in class SimpleArgumentConverter
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source object to convert; may be null
    
    targetType - the target type the source object should be converted into; never null
    
    Returns:
    
    the converted object; may be null but only if the target type is a reference type.